Former PM May joins public paying respects to Queen

Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May was among the thousands of mourners on Thursday morning who paid their respects to Queen Elizabeth II whose coffin was lying in state in London.

The coffin of Britain's longest-serving monarch will remain at the 900-year-old Westminster Hall until her funeral on Monday.Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to file past.The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard and topped with the Imperial State Crown and a bouquet of flowers and plants, including pine from the Balmoral Estate, where Elizabeth died on September 8 at the age of 96.