Police have arrested a man who attempted to grab at the Queen‘s coffin – in an incident which left mourners stunned.
Officers tackled the man to the floor during the jaw-dropping incident, which took place around 10pm at Westminster Hall on Friday.
It is believed the man pushed through a queue of mourners, among them a seven-year-old girl, rushed up to coffin and tried to lift the royal standard. He is then thought to have put his hands on the Queen’s casket.
Footage before and after the incident shows the Royal Standard, the official flag of the sovereign, has been moved.
The Queen has been lying in state at Westminster Hall since Wednesday, when her coffin was brought from Buckingham Palace to the historic venue to allow people to come and pay their respects.
Hundreds of thousands of respectful mourners are thought to have passed through the hall in the last two days,…
