![]() It came after King Charles III and his siblings entered Westminster Hall last night to pay a moving tribute to their beloved mother. Although he was detained and people kept calm and carried on.' A lady screamed as it happened it was quite unnerving. When we entered the room we were at the top of the stairs when we saw the incident. They said: 'We saw him (the man) in the queue from the beginning of the queue and throughout the day, he was by himself. What surprised me is the guards didn't appear to move or help, it was all left to the police.'Īnother mourner who saw the incident described how a well-wisher 'screamed' when she saw the man running at the coffin. As I said people were in shock although they seemed to try to carry on. 'He got to the coffin and seemed to lift up the flag, he didn't try to pull out off from what I could see. I saw a few people next to him trying to strike up conversation but he seemed to keep himself to himself. 'And he only stood out as most people in the queue were talking to each other and interacting however he wasn't. He greeted mourners, including several who were wearing blankets after waiting in line for hours through the early morning, and walked from the east towards Lambeth Bridge.Įyewitnesses today described the man's odd, even erratic, behaviour in the run-up to the security scare. Speaking to MailOnline, Jon Williams, who queued with the coffin-pusher before the incident unfolded, said: 'He stood out to me as we were in the queue for 14 hours from start to end and he was some way ahead of us, even so we noticed him as he stood out. ![]() This morning, new Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley was seen patrolling the queue for the Queen's lying in state near Lambeth Palace in south London. ***Did you see the incident? Email or The Queen's funeral: All the latest Royal Family news and coverageīy Jack Wright and James Robinson for MailOnline.King Charles III and his siblings last night paid a moving tribute to their beloved mother.Scotland Yard confirmed man had been arrested on suspicion of public order offence and is in custody.He then touched the Queen's casket and even managed to lift the Royal Standard in which it is draped.Officers tackled the man to the floor after he rushed out of the queue in the Palace of Westminster last night.EXCLUSIVE: The man arrested after grabbing the Queen's coffin was 'behaving strangely', witnesses said. ![]() EXCLUSIVE: 'Most people in the queue were talking to each other - he wasn't': Mourner in queue describes strange behaviour of man who waited 14 hours before he was arrested for grabbing Queen's coffin ![]()
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