'It's like a front row seat to history': Mourners set up tents in wait to honour Queen

The Queen is about to make her final journey home and already people are lining up to pay their respects - some even camping out so they can do so from prime position.

Maria drove the length of the country to pinch a pew on London's famous Pall Mall.

"Every day I've been here there's been something going on," Maria told A Current Affair.

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She arrived on Saturday and Maria said she's not going anywhere until next week when the Queen's coffin passes by en route to Her Majesty's final resting place.

"Got my own blow-up bed, my own pillow from home," she said.

"That's my hair brush, shoes … there's everything there.

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"Even got (a) cordless hair straightener."

Maria said she's camping out because she wants to witness "the biggest moment in history".

"Just love the Queen, the royal family, you know, just have to be here," she said.

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Royal superfans John and first-time camper Skye are Maria's camping buddies and she said she's grateful for their company.

"I will queue up with thousands of people in Westminster Hall," John said from his neighbouring campsite.

When A Current Affair reporter Steve Marshall visited the camper 12 hours later with some coffee in hand, the crowds had dissipated.

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But the resolve of those who remained had stuck around.

Maria who was making her bed at the time said 10 nights of sleeping rough is a small price to repay 70 years of service from the Queen.

"(It's) like a front row seat to history," she said.