‘It means a lot to us’: Mall campers endure downpours for view of jubilee pageantry

People from all over the world have set up tents near Buckingham Palace

With 24 hours to go until the pageantry of the Queen's platinum jubilee begins at Buckingham Palace, tents could be seen lining the Mall on Wednesday morning.

We're here for one thing only, Her majesty the Queen," said John Loughrey, 67, from London, who was among the first to pitch his tent on Monday, in a bid to get the best possible view of the monarch passing in a golden carriage and later waving from the balcony alongside her family over the jubilee bank holiday weekend.