On Friday, soccer legend David Beckham queued with thousands of mourners outside Westminster Hall for more than 12 hours as he waited to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II. The queen is lying in state inside Westminster Hall until her funeral on Monday. For now, people around the world - including famous faces like Beckham - are taking this time to honor the only monarch most of them have ever known.
For Beckham, waiting in line was both a way to "celebrate the amazing life" of the queen and to act as a stand-in for his late grandparents, who he told reporters would have been there if they were alive. According to the 47-year-old, he comes from a family of royalists. "I know that they would have wanted to be here, so I'm here on their behalf, and on behalf of my family," he told ITV News.
"We all want to be here together.
For Beckham, waiting in line was both a way to "celebrate the amazing life" of the queen and to act as a stand-in for his late grandparents, who he told reporters would have been there if they were alive. According to the 47-year-old, he comes from a family of royalists. "I know that they would have wanted to be here, so I'm here on their behalf, and on behalf of my family," he told ITV News.
"We all want to be here together.
- 9/17/2022
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
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