FOG BLOG QUEEN ELIZABETH II DEATH LOG: MOURNERS START MOVING IN QUEUE AGAIN, COULD BE 24 HRS.

Mourners brave 24-hour wait in chilly London to see the queen's coffin LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The entry to an already miles-long queue to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state in London resumed after a pause on Friday, with the government saying the current wait-time is over 24 hours, in temperatures set to plummet to 7 degrees celsius (45°F).

Elizabeth died in Scotland aged 96 last week, prompting an outpouring of emotion that drew tens of thousands out to see her coffin on its journey to London, and that has now led many more to join the long line to pay their final respects during a four-day lying-in-state ceremony. "Expected queuing time is over 24 hours and overnight temperatures will be cold," Britain's culture department warned on Twitter at 1614 GMT, having paused the entry to the queue around 0900 GMT when it reached a designated end-point in Southwark Park.

But people still waited. Neither the hours-long wait nor the weather deterred mourners, who were pouring in from both within the country and across the world to pay their respects to Britain's longest reining monarch. Reuben Fevrier, an accountant from London who was in the line, spoke of the queen's "stoicism, her deep commitment to the country, a remarkable life."

"I think this is the least I can do."

The constantly-moving queue is snaking its way from Southwark Park to parliament's Westminster Hall, where the queen's coffin is lying in state. Some 750,000 people in total are expected to file past before Monday's funeral.