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"We all want to be here together, we all want to experience something where we celebrate the amazing life of our queen. Something like this today is meant to be shared together," Beckham, who was wearing a dark flat cap and a dark suit with a black tie and appeared to be alone, told reporters in the queue.
Television foot 世界杯下注app age of Westminster Hall showed Beckham, who met the queen several times during her 70-year reign, looked tearful as he waited to file past her coffin.

"How devastated we all feel today shows what she meant to people in this country and around the world. How much she inspired us with her leadership. How she comforted us when times were tough," he wrote.
The government paused entry to the queue for a few hours earlier on Friday after warning of waiting times of at least 14 hours.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
LONDON (Reuters) - Former England soccer captain David Beckham queued for mo 世界杯竞猜下注app re than 13 hours alongside thousands of other mourners to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state in London on Friday.
It snakes its way for miles through central London to parliament's Westminster Hall. Some 750,000 people in total are expected to file past the coffin before Monday morning.
He talked of snacking on crisps, sweets and donuts with his fellow queuers to keep 世界杯游戏下注app their energy up.
The 47-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder and current co-owner of American Major League Soccer team Inter Miami, said he had joined the queue at 2.15 a.m. (0115 GMT).
Stopping to pay his respects by the coffin at around 3.25 p.m, Beckham bowed his head and closed his eyes momentarily.
Last week Beckham posted on Instagram that he was "truly saddened" by the queen's death. |
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