A MAN WAITS TO VIEW THE COFFIN OF THE QUEEN MOTHER IN LONDON, 2002-04-07 (photo)

A policeman (L), holding a sign indicating people are near the end of the queue, talks to a man waiting in line to view the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother lying in state in London's Westminster Hall April 7, 2002. An ever-stretching queue of mourners snaked through central London on Sunday as thousands of Britons waited up to 12 hours to file past the Queen Mother's coffin, lying in state two days before her funeral. Officials said 100,000 people had passed through London's medieval Westminster Hall, where statues of Saxon kings gaze down on the coffin of the former queen who died a week ago, 50 years after her husband King George VI. REUTERS/Petr Josek JDP/