Most British reactions to the mile-long queue to see the Queen

Mourners queued overnight in London because the Queen is in state.

Members of the public can pay their respects to the late monarch’s coffin 24 hours a day at Westminster Hall, and queues along Lambeth Bridge and Albert Embankment continue to flow through the night.

As of 8 a.m. Thursday, the line was about 1.6 miles long.

Some people waited nine hours, unable to sleep or leave the constantly flowing line.

And now it’s taken on a life of its own, with #TheQueue becoming the number one trending topic on Twitter as mourners detailed their experiences of the long wait.

Watch: Mourners line up all night to say goodbye to the Queen

Some were emotional, while others reflected on how ‘British’ the giant line is.

One person tweeted: “If you’re British, this is the queue you’ve been waiting for all your life. The ultimate boss of queues.”

Another person described it as “the queue to end all queues”, while another joked that The Crown producers will “go crazy with the amount of CGI they’ll need” when filming episodes centered around the death of the Queen.

One person who spent nine hours waiting joked that he was suffering from “Long Queue-vid”, while another person said he watched live streams overnight during a bout of insomnia.

Metropolitan Police officers, volunteers and stewards manage the queue, while toilets and water fountains are provided at various points along the route.

People queuing are given a colored and numbered wristband to manage the queue.

The Queen’s Casket continues to be guarded at all hours by units from the Sovereign’s Corps, Household Division or Yeoman Warders from the Tower of London.

One of the guards suddenly collapsed overnight, with nearby officials rushing to his aid after he appeared to pass out.