David Beckham Queued for Over 12 Hours to See the Queen Mendacity in Her Coffin

David Beckham met Queen Elizabeth II quite a few instances, however he joined the remainder of the general public to queue and pay his respects one final time.

“All of us wish to be right here collectively and expertise and have a good time the wonderful lifetime of our Queen. I believe that one thing like this at the moment right here collectively is supposed to be shared,” he instructed reporters. He joined the queue at 2 a.m. and made it inside Westminster round 3:20 p.m.—a complete of over 13 hours within the queue.

He was pictured carrying a go well with, newsboy cap, and a masks, and he carried an umbrella with him. One particular person queuing tweeted, “The Queue is now full of individuals making an attempt to {photograph} David Beckham and forgetting to really transfer onwards. It’s insanity!”

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“This present day was at all times going to be tough, and it is tough for the nation, it is tough for everybody all over the world, as a result of I believe everyone seems to be feeling it, and our ideas are with the household and clearly with everyone right here at the moment,” David said. “As a result of it is particular to be right here, to have a good time, and to listen to the totally different tales that folks should say.”

In 2003, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Beckham an OBE—Order of the British Empire—for his companies to soccer.

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“Probably the most particular second for me was to obtain my OBE. I took my grandparents with me, who had been those that actually introduced me as much as be an enormous royalist and a fan of the royal household, and clearly I had my spouse there as effectively,” he shared. “To step up, to get my honour, however then additionally Her Majesty, to ask questions, to speak, I used to be so fortunate that I used to be in a position to have just a few moments like that in my life, to be round Her Majesty. As a result of we will all see with the love that has been proven, how particular she is and the way particular she was and the legacy that she leaves behind.”

“It is a unhappy day, but it surely’s a day for us to recollect the unbelievable legacy that she’s left,” Beckham concluded.

Beckham’s stroll via Westminster Corridor may very well be considered on the livestreams, and the British athlete regarded emotional as he wiped away tears.