England football legend David Beckham has been spotted in the Queen’s Lying Queue in London.
Speaking to reporters by the queue, Beckham said he had been waiting for members of the public for more than 12 hours.
“We all want to be here together, we all want to experience something where we celebrate the wonderful life of our queen,” Beckham said.
“You know something like this today is meant to be shared. So you know for a fact we were here. We were eating Pringles. We were eating Sherbet Lemons, bread and coffee. coffee,” continued the football player.
Speaking to a reporter from ITV News, Beckham said he “grew up in a royalist family” and would have stood in line on behalf of his grandparents if they were still alive.
Beckham recounted how fortunate he was to have met the Queen on a number of occasions, highlighting the honor he feels to play for the England national football team.
“You know, I’ve always wanted to represent my country, be the captain in my country, and every time we stand there wearing that Three Lions jersey, and I’ve worn the captain’s armband and we sang, you know, ‘God save our queen..’ That means a lot to us,” he said.
Dressed in a black suit, navy jacket and cap, Beckham said that despite having to queue for more than 12 hours, “his knee is fine”, although the same cannot be said for he.
Beckham has appeared in selfies with fans on social media, and a woman who has lined up beside Beckham for hours told reporters she has “great respect” for him. athlete who, she said, “respected him whatever he wanted.”
The snake queue comes from Westminster Hall, where the late king’s body is lying in state, for miles along the south bank of the Thames. It spans landmarks such as the London Eye, Royal Festival Hall and the Globe theatre.
Plans are in place to make it 9 miles, or 14.5 kilometers, long.
