In an extraordinary 10 days, hundreds of thousands of us have queued for hours to see the Queen lying in state, and millions more are grief-stricken. What is it about the nation that it is so viscerally affected by Elizabeth’s death?
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The press box for the Queen’s lying-in-state is an unobtrusive wooden construction, painted to blend seamlessly with Westminster Hall’s ancient walls. But though it stands at a discreet distance from the catafalque on which her coffin rests – unless you’re in possession of a long lens, it’s difficult to pick out the imperial state crown, the orb and the sceptre – it also affords a unique vantage point, one akin to being backstage at a theatre.
