David Beckham Spends More Than 12 Hours In Line For Queen Elizabeth’s Farewell

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The queue in London to see the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is already eight kilometers long and had to be closed. Over there, influential artists and celebrities are not allowed to pass in front and everyone has respected that.

For that matter, former football player David Beckham had already spent more than 12 hours waiting to be able to pay his last tribute to the monarch. According to The Telegraph, he arrived around 2am and joined the crowd waiting for his turn.

The Queen’s coffin is now in Westminster Hall, having been escorted from Buckingham Palace by King Charles III, Princes William and Harry and other royals.

On top of the coffin is the Imperial State Crown, perhaps the best-known item in the Crown Jewels — a priceless collection of tens of thousands of gemstones gathered over centuries by British kings and queens.

The crown glitters with nearly 3,000 stones — including 2,868 diamonds, 273 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and 5 rubies. “It can be difficult to look at because of the light emanating from them. It’s literally stunning. Visually overwhelming,” says historian Anna Keay, author of “The Crown Jewels.”

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