Poignant scenes show thousands queueing for Lying-In-State of King George VI in 1952
Poignant scenes show thousands queueing for Lying-In-State of King George VI in 1952

As tens of thousands of Britons queue around the clock pay their respects at Queen Elizabeth II's coffin in Westminster Hall, powerful archive footage shows how similar numbers turned out to mourn the late monarch's father, King George VI, when he passed away in 1952.