Tens of thousands of mourners spent hours queuing to see the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, with many reporting a sense of camaraderie and jovial atmosphere. Those wishing to pay their respects to the monarch faced estimated waits of at least nine hours, with the Queen currently lying in state at Westminister Hall. As of Thursday afternoon, the line was approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 kilometres) long, snaking along the banks of the river Thames all the way to near Bermondsey Beach in Southwark. “It was quite nice,” said Kit Heren, a senior reporter at Southwark News, who ming…