David Beckham: England soccer legend noticed within the queue for Queen Elizabeth

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England soccer legend David Beckham has been noticed in the queue for the Queen’s lying-in-state in London.

Chatting with reporters by the queue, Beckham mentioned he had been ready with members of the general public for greater than 12 hours.

“All of us need to be right here collectively, all of us need to expertise one thing the place we have fun the wonderful lifetime of our Queen,” Beckham mentioned.

“You recognize one thing like this at present is supposed to be shared collectively. So, you realize the truth that we’ve been right here. We’re consuming Pringles. We’re consuming Sherbet Lemons, sandwiches and low,” the soccer participant continued.

Chatting with a reporter from ITV News, Beckham mentioned he “grew up in a family of royalists” and had come on behalf of his grandparents who he mentioned would have queued in the event that they have been nonetheless alive.

Beckham recounted how fortunate he was to have met the Queen on quite a lot of events, highlighting the consideration he felt to play for the nationwide English soccer crew.

“You recognize I all the time needed to symbolize my nation, to be captain in my nation, and each time that we stood there once we wore these Three Lion shirts, and I had my armband and we sang, you realize, ‘God save our Queen.’ That was one thing that meant a lot to us,” he mentioned.

Wearing a black go well with, navy coat, and flat cap, Beckham mentioned that regardless of being within the queue for greater than 12 hours, his “knees have been OK,” although the identical couldn’t be mentioned for his again.

Beckham has appeared in selfies with followers on social media, and one lady who had queued alongside Beckham for hours instructed reporters that she had “massive respect” for the sportsman who she mentioned, “had paid his respects nevertheless he needed.”

The queue snakes from Westminster Corridor, the place the late monarch’s physique is mendacity in state, for miles alongside the south financial institution of the River Thames. It stretches previous landmarks such because the London Eye, the Royal Pageant Corridor and the Globe theater.

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Plans are in place for it to be so long as 9 miles, or 14.5 kilometers.

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