‘The goal is to get a wave’: absent Queen fails to deter jubilee service crowds

Royal fans a bit sad' not to see monarch but relish the atmosphere outside St Paul's thanksgiving event

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Donna Wright and her daughters Dolly, 10, and Leila, eight, had originally set their alarms for 4am on Friday morning to try to get the best spot to see the Queen following the Thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral.

Instead, after it was announced on Thursday that the Queen would not be in attendance, they were at least able to have a little bit of a lie in before coming down".