Several MLAs travelled to London after Stormont offered to arrange and pay for their trips.
Alliance leader Naomi Long has said she will not be claiming expenses for her trip to see the Queen lying in state.
A group of DUP MLAs were seen on Thursday filtering into the front of the queue from a side entrance, while MLAs from several parties viewed the coffin the previous day before Westminster Hall was opened to members of the public. Footage online appeared to show the couple on a viewing platform in Westminster Hall used by those afforded special access, such as foreign dignitaries. They were also seen walking past the coffin.
Each week, our Political Reporter Brendan Hughes pulls together some of the biggest and most important matters from Belfast and Northern Ireland that we think you’d be interested in reading. Allan Ewart, the party's finance director, said he assumed the Assembly would pay costs for MLAs but he added: "I had to pay my own way. The Assembly didn't pay for me.""I just went along and joined the flow."He added: "I told you I went along with the Assembly group and we got in, and that's it."
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