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The Queen's coffin at Westminster Hall in London
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A man ran toward Queen Elizabeth II's coffin in Westminster Hall of the British Parliament in London on Friday night, witnesses said.
According to media reports, the Metropolitan Police said the man was arrested after a disturbance occurred.
The Guardian reported the man jumped out of the line, managed to climb the steps and touched the coffin.
A witness told Sky News that the police grabbed him "within two seconds".
The live TV broadcast was suspended and an outside view of Parliament was shown instead.
Police said the man was arrested for violating the Public Order Law and is currently in custody.
The people of Great Britain have another opportunity this weekend to say goodbye to their monarch with a visit to the coffin.
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin lay in state in Westminster Hall until Monday morning before the state funeral begins.
The rush is great: Thousands of mourners waited several kilometers along the Thames in London to pay their respects to the Queen.
The waiting time is at least 24 hours, according to the government's live tracker on Saturday morning.
"Please do not come to join the queue."
The route runs several kilometers from the British Parliament, where the closed coffin of the Queen is laid out, along the Thames to Southwark Park.
The day before, the security forces had suspended access to the "queue" for seven hours.
An unofficial queue for the queue formed as a result.
On the night of Saturday, helpers distributed free tea, coffee and water as well as blankets, as eyewitnesses reported.
At London's Waterloo station, an empty train is available at night as a staging post for those who can't get home.
