He waited more than twelve hours, like thousands of people: the former British footballer David Beckham made a strong impression on Friday, noticed in the crowd who had come to gather near the coffin of Elizabeth II at the Palace of Westminster.
“It’s difficult for the nation, difficult for everyone. I think everyone feels it and our thoughts are with the family. (royal),” added David Beckham, 47. The player also speaks of the emotion that gripped him every time he sang the national anthem before a football match.”It was something that meant so much to us“, he recalls.
Photos posted on social media show him in a dark suit and tie and a newsboy cap on his head. “The most important moment for me was when I received (my medal of) the Order of the British Empire. I had taken my grandparents, real royalists, with me“, said David Beckham again.
“I was so lucky to be able to experience such moments in my life, to have been able to approach Her Majesty“, added the former star of Manchester United and Real Madrid. Like him, hundreds of thousands of Britons will be able until Monday to pray near the coffin of Queen Elizabeth, who died Thursday, September 8 at the age of 96, after more 70 years of reign.
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