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David Beckham, the former captain of England's national football team, in line for over 13 hours on Friday to his respects to Queen Elizabeth II. While other celebrities the queue with VIP passes, soccer legend Beckham wanted to the experience with "ordinary" people. TV footage shows him to wipe away tears as he past the coffin at Westminster Hall. Queen Elizabeth II died on September the 8th at the age of 96. Her body is currently in state for four-and-a-half days so that mourners can pay their respects. Many people were delighted that Beckham in the queue with them. The football star told reporters: "It's a day for us to the incredible legacy that she's ."

Mr Beckham the Queen several times during her reign. She him with an honour at Buckingham Palace in 2003 for his services to football. Beckham the seven-kilometer-long queue at 2am on Friday. He said: "I thought 2am was going to a little bit quieter. I was wrong." He himself as a royalist and a "huge fan" of the royal family. After the Queen passed away, he wrote on Instagram: "How devastated we all today shows what she to people in this country....How much she us with her leadership. How she us when times were tough." Around 750,000 people are to file past the Queen's coffin before her funeral on Monday.