Priti Patel

2022 - 9 - 20

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Priti Patel spotted marshalling queues to see Queen lying in state (Evening Standard)

The former home secretary was seen volunteering in a blue high-vis jacket as thousands lined up to pay their respects.

“I realised I recognised a couple of the marshals up ahead – one was Conservative MP Andrew Stephenson; the other was Priti Patel, both dressed in the same blue tunics worn by the many marshals along the route. [Priti Patel](/topic/priti-patel) was spotted filling in as a volunteer marshal for those queuing to pay their respects to the [Queen](/topic/queen). The former home secretary was seen volunteering in a blue high-vis jacket as thousands lined up to pay their respects

Ex-home secretary Priti Patel marshalls queue to see Queen's coffin (The Independent)

The backbench MP was seen posing with mourners while wearing a blue hi-vis vest.

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Witham MP Priti Patel volunteers to marshall queues to see Queen ... (Essex Live)

Former home secretary Priti Patel was spotted filling in as a volunteer marshall helping people queuing to pay their respects to the Queen.

It was closed to the public on Monday morning ahead of her state funeral at Westminster Abbey. Many of the people queuing for the Queen's coffin paused to take photos with the former Cabinet minister as they queued along the Thames near Blackfriars Bridge on Sunday afternoon. Ms Patel was pictured wearing a blue high-vis jacket alongside Mr Stephenson on the final day of the monarch's lying in state. Former home secretary Priti Patel was spotted filling in as a volunteer marshall helping people queuing to pay their respects to the Queen. At that point nobody else seemed to have recognised them." The queue was closed to new entrants at around 10.45pm on September 18 before Westminster Hall was closed at 6.30am today (September 19).

Ex-home secretary Priti Patel is marshal helping control queue to ... (Daily Mail)

Several photos posted on social media showed Mrs Patel in a blue high-vis jacket alongside fellow Conservative MP Andrew Stephenson on the final day of the ...

Much of the procession party lined up in formation on the green next to the monument and stood in silence during the moving of the coffin. She was then carried to Wellington Arch, where her hearse was waiting to take her to Windsor and reunite her with her husband to rest in eternal peace. Outside on the streets and estimated 2million people were there to mourn her passing 11 days ago. The muffled peal will continue throughout the afternoon, which only occurs after the funeral of a sovereign. Others waved Union flags as the fleet of vehicles drove past. As the hearse drove off flowers were thrown into the road by members of the public watching from behind a fence.

Priti Patel, a former home secretary, is a marshal who helps manage ... (Nokia News)

On the last day of the monarch's lying in state, Mrs. Patel was pictured with fellow Conservative MP Andrew Stephenson in a number of social media posts wearing ...