Sombre Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield view the Queen’s coffin at Westminster Hall

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby made gloomy figures on Friday as they watched the Queen’s coffin in London’s Westminster Hall alongside the thousands of grieving Britons.

The This Morning hosts all wore black ensembles, with Holly in a face mask, as they entered the historic building to see the late monarch in state after her death last week.

Phillip, 60, chose to wear a nice black suit and tie for the visit, with the presenter having a somber look on his face as he followed his opponent.

Meanwhile, Holly, 41, was elegant in an understated black dress with silver button detailing down the front.

It comes after their fellow ITV day star Susanna Reid revealed she queued for more than seven hours to view the Queen’s coffin on the first day of its public appearance at Westminster Hall on Thursday.

The Good Morning Britain Host, 51, took to Twitter to announce that she and her mother Sue had paid their respects to the late monarch as she lay in state.

She described the “historic” moment as “majestic and peaceful” when she revealed she had joined the mourners in the huge rows, which had grown five miles long.

She wrote: ‘Evening – along with my dear mother and her very good friend, I have just experienced a moment in history – witnessing the Queen lying in state in Westminster Hall. Majestic and peaceful at the same time.’

Susanna said she had waited more than seven hours to see Her Majesty’s coffin while offering advice to others wishing to pay their respects.

She continued: “If you plan on standing in line, here are our tips. We arrived at Butlers Wharf at 1:23 PM and entered Westminster Hall at 8:43 PM – 7 hours and 20 minutes.

“Wear the most comfortable shoes you have. Go with someone if you can, although everyone in line was friendly.

‘Don’t pack too much in a bag – water is available for free and there are many cafes along the route.

‘There are also plenty of toilets. I put my phone on low battery and it lasted the whole time.”

The queues to see the late monarch doubled in length on Thursday and meandered four miles past Tower Bridge, after dropping to two miles overnight.

Many more are expected to line up this weekend – in a sign of the huge demand from people to say goodbye to the popular monarch for good.

It is estimated that the number of people who will make the trip could reach more than 350,000, and people from all over the world are expected to visit London to pay their respects.

Mourners have already been depicted in tears paying their respects, making the sign of the cross and standing in prayer.

The photos show paramedics treating exhausted benefactors, some who queued all day Thursday to see the Queen in state.

It comes after a soldier guarding the coffin passed out during his stint. A mourner was seen descending the steps of historic Westminster Hall to the Queen’s casket.

Ahead of what is expected to be a high point this weekend, more than 1.7 million people have gone online to watch the government’s live queue tracker on YouTube, which shows the end of the queue as people patiently wait to enter Westminster Hall. to see the queen’s coffin.

Thousands have already managed to see Her Majesty’s casket draped in the royal standard, while members of the royal guard watch around it.

But sources told MailOnline how mourners can be prevented from seeing the Queen lying in state if they arrive at the end of the line in Southwark Park later than 12.30pm on Sunday.

Organizers have designated the bottom of the 63-acre park as the end of the line to see Elizabeth II’s casket at Westminster Hall, more than five miles away.

The estimated wait time for those who sign up at the park, where airport-style winding queues are set up, is 30 hours.

That means people have until 12:30 p.m. Sunday to queue before the queen’s witness officially ends on Monday, the day of the state funeral, at 6:30 a.m.

On Thursday — the first full day of the Queen’s casket on public display — the line had reached Bermondsey Wall, half a mile from the park, by 3 p.m. today.

A source said: ‘Southwark Park has been designated as the end of the queue. Barriers have been put in place to allow for a zigzag queuing system.

“Anyone at the end of that line in the park can expect to wait up to 30 hours to see the Queen in state.

‘We have to have a cut-off point, a moment when we unfortunately have to start rejecting people.

‘That moment depends on the traffic and the flow rate on the route. At the moment, about 2,000 people per hour are let into Westminster Hall.

“At the moment it will be either very late on Saturday night or very early on Sunday morning. But the Metropolitan Police has the last word.

“We’ve clearly prepared for this and expected the crowd to get that far… just not so fast.”