A Leicester man who queued for nearly five hours to see the bones of Richard III has demanded a go at playing with him like a marionette.
Leicester resident Simon Williams said he didn’t mind queuing for half the day, as long as he gets a decent video clip out of it at the end.
He told reporters, “My feet ached by the time I got the front, so I just wanted to rig up my phone camera and make him do a little dance to the Macarena for my Twitter followers.”
“I’ll be honest, I thought it would be funny and that I might get a few retweets.”
“But the moment I tried to prise the coffin lid open to begin putting him together with my string they went absolutely mental.”
“It’s not as if we’re queuing at Alton Towers – at the end of the queue you just get to see a stationary box.”
“I just wanted to try and liven it up, but some people just don’t have a sense of humour.”
Richard III queues
Others have said that the queue had proven to be a great way to spend the afternoon.
As one explained, “You meet the most interesting people when you’re queueing all day for a brief glimpse of the remains of a child murderer that you never knew.”
“No, seriously.”