A 19-hour wait is required to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

Mourners waiting to pay their respects to the late monarch had to wait in line for more than 19 hours as Queen Elizabeth II lies in state at the Westminster Hall.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DMCS) said that entry to the line to pay respect to the Queen was originally halted for "at least" six hours due to capacity.

Expected wait times once reached 24 hours. The queue is now once again being entered.

The government's official queue tracker has issued a warning that wait times can stretch up to a full day and that it will be chilly overnight.

The line wait time had decreased to little over 19 hours by Friday night.

On Friday morning, the line to see the Queen's casket was about five miles long and snaked back from Westminster all the way to Southwark Park.

People gathered around the gate, pleading to be allowed in.

To ensure that as many individuals in the line as possible can access the Palace of Westminster, that has always been a part of our strategy.