Melton woman the last member of public to pay respects to The Queen

She even went through twice...

Author: Ellis MaddisonPublished 21st Sep 2022

A woman from Melton Mowbray was the last member of public to see the late Queen lying-in-state on Monday morning.

The queue closed shortly after 22:40pm on Sunday 18th September, but those given a wristband were told they would be admitted.

Chrissy Heerey, from Melton, was one of those final few people who were able to pay their respects before leaving at around 6:30am on Monday morning.

The Queen's coffin was then taken to Westminster Abbey a few hours later to begin the state funeral.

Chrissy, who serves in the Royal Air force, says she was honoured to have gone through twice:

'I just felt very proud that I was there, and just very honoured to have been given the privilege to go through again and obviously be the last person.'

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