I'm queueing all night to be first in line to see King Charles — follow it live

So it's come to this. It's the middle of the night, the heatwave's long gone, you're all warm in your house (well, if you can afford the heating) and I'm standing outside Cardiff Castle for what is likely to be at least 13 hours to get in to see King Charles.

I have no idea what to expect but I'm hoping for a bit of company from royalists in the queue, some merry visitors from Gareth Bale's pub across the road and, just maybe, some people who decide they want to be lifelong new friends with a man who made a really stupid decision to stand outside a castle to see a man in a suit mumble about pens. Only 2,000 people are allowed into the castle for this event and when I consulted my colleagues for a sensible consensus on when people would likely start queuing they just shouted random times between Thursday tea time and Friday lunchtime at me. Basically, they had no clue and I couldn't risk my one shot at standing behind a metal barrier while a new King walked past me in three seconds without paying me any attention whatsoever.

I'm hoping plenty of people join me in the queue, if only to make the time pass a lot faster. Later, some people are going to come and protest that any of this is happening at all — but they've not shown anything like the commitment to their cause as I have to mine. So say hello to me on social media, or swing by with some tea, coffee, biscuits and even a chat. I'm not as weird as my behaviour makes me look.