It passes landmarks such as the London Eye, the Royal Festival Hall and the Globe theater. The queue snakes from Westminster Hall for miles along the south bank of the River Thames. “You know I always wanted to represent my country, to be captain in my country, and every time that we stood there when we wore those Three Lion shirts, and I had my armband and we sang, you know, ‘God save our Queen.’ That was something that meant so much to us,” he said.ĭressed in a black suit, navy coat, and flat cap, Beckham said that despite being in the queue for more than 12 hours, his “knees were OK,” though the same couldn’t be said for his back.īeckham has appeared in selfies with fans on social media, and one woman who had queued alongside Beckham for hours told reporters that she had “big respect” for the sportsman who she said, “had paid his respects however he wanted.”
The Queue to end all queues: Brits do what they do best as they pay respects to Queen
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DAVID BECKHAM QUIFF FULL
The Queen will lie in state in Westminster Hall for four full days before her funeral on Monday Sept. People queue to pay their respects to late Queen Elizabeth II who's lying in state at Westminster Hall in London, Wednesday, Sept. Speaking to a reporter from ITV News, Beckham said he “grew up in a household of royalists” and had come on behalf of his grandparents who he said would have queued if they were still alive.īeckham recounted how lucky he was to have met the Queen on a number of occasions, highlighting the honor he felt to play for the national English football team. We’re eating Sherbet Lemons, sandwiches and coffee,” the football player continued. So, you know the fact that we’ve been here. “You know something like this today is meant to be shared together. “We all want to be here together, we all want to experience something where we celebrate the amazing life of our Queen,” Beckham said. Speaking to reporters while still queuing earlier on Friday, Beckham said he had been waiting for more than 12 hours.
Friday afternoon, more than 13 hours after he was first spotted in the queue. The football star was seen inside Westminster Hall, where the late monarch’s body is lying in state, at around 3:25 p.m. England football legend David Beckham paid his respects to Queen Elizabeth II on Friday afternoon after queuing for hours alongside other members of public.
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