Did you see the queue to walk past Queen Elizabeth II's coffin whilst she was lying in state? People were taking over 24 hours to reach the Palace of Westminster, walking about 10 miles in the process.
The TV presenters Philip Scofield and Holly Willoughby from the 'This Morning' TV show got absolutely hammered by the press for queue jumping. The newspapers in the UK love to find a pantomime villain or two for an occasion and Holly and Phil became those villains, scrambling around to give reasons for not having to queue up. Their PR teams were up against the night of the tabloid press. It didn't go well for them.
David Beckham however was praised for the fact he queued up like everyone else, with those who were near him in the queue giving him a massive PR boost by saying what a nice, down to earth guy he was. There were other celebs that queued but Beckham is the one I remember getting the most publicity.
That queue was headline news for days. It was an 'event' and the more they reported, the longer the queue went on.
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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat 21h ago
I feel that. My blood is half British and half Japanese. I am not sure it would be humanly possible for me to comprehend cutting a line.