People have been urged not to set off from home to join the queue to see Britain's Queen Elizabeth lying in state, which is due to close on Sunday.
Thousands of people have made the steady pilgrimage across central London to pay their respects to the late monarch over the past four days.
Britain's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said it will announce later on Sunday when the queue will close.
A decision will be taken today on when entry to the queue for Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State will close as it reaches final capacity
Queue times are already 13.5 hours and may increase
To avoid disappointment please do not set off to join the queue pic.twitter.com/PvkX2ccL6C— Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (@DCMS) September 18, 2022
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At 9.30am on Sunday, the department said: “A decision will be taken today on when entry to the queue for Her Majesty The Queen’s Lying-in-State will close as it reaches final capacity.
“Queue times are already 13.5 hours and may increase.
“To avoid disappointment please do not set off to join the queue.”
At 10am, the department said the wait time had increased to at least 14 hours.
A steady stream of mourners continued to pass along Lambeth Palace Road in south London under sunny skies on Sunday morning.
