Mr Bond, wearing a black tie and jacket, said that in 2002, “I saw the procession go through Horse Guards Parade, and then when I got off I started queuing right under the Millennium Wheel and then it took me six hours to go from there.” “It was six o’clock when I entered Westminster.” He added: “Obviously, it’s very difficult queuing all day, but when you walk through those doors at Westminster Hall, in this wonderful, historic building, there was a great sense of silence and you were told to take your time. , and it’s just amazing.” In preparation for the wait this time, Mr Bond had brought crisps, nuts and energy bars and bottles of water and said he was “well equipped” for the duration. He said: “We know the Queen has been of good age and has served the country for a long time, but we hoped this day would never come. “But she came, and I think she was undoubtedly our most outstanding monarch.”
