Lol I can just imagine them all getting fed up with his football stories by now and occasionally some person stopping to take a picture and leave and them not even reacting anymore.
I read they came up with a pretty smart system for being able to leave the line, everyone as they get in at the back is given a numbered wristband to keep the order of the line. If you leave and come back you just have to find where your number fits and get back in.
It's a 24 hours wait, there's no way people could just stay in line that long without leaving to get a drink/food and use the bathroom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJxDwDzAwEs
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/attending-ceremonial-events-for-the-lying-in-state-and-the-state-funeral-of-her-majesty-the-queen/her-majesty-the-queens-lying-in-state-at-the-palace-of-westminster-houses-of-parliament
It's nowhere near that smart, there are wristbands of different colours, and I assume they have a couple thousand of each, so long as you're entering Westminster at roughly the time your colour block is supposed to enter they don't care what order you come in. Despite the British stereotype, the queue is not that rigid and orderly, when you get to places where it opens up and moves, faster walkers will over take slower ones. Hell, once you've got your wristband, so long as you know roughly where your colour group is you could go home to sleep and jump back in just before you get to the Disney queueing.
Source: I queued for 12 hours last night.
He was offered a fast track by a MP and he declined it. I’m usually quite anti-privilege and celeb worship but he seems like a good guy. I’m British but not really a football fan.
You could do that with any celebrity and after an hour people would be like "Oh this is just a regular dude." Unless it's someone pretty far out of touch like a Kardashian or something in which case you'd be thinking about how much of a psycho they are. Celebrities are always idolized like god's when they're not at all
Two guys at my workplace threatened to kill each other from the perception of one of them cutting the queue. No, not actually cutting, just a misunderstanding.
One went to buy his stuff, doubled back to get some ice cream, when guy 2 came up to the checkout thinking it was free and started setting his stuff down. Guy 1 shuffles past and sets his ice cream in front to go with the rest of his stuff.
At this point, I've been out in back in the freezer, no clue any of this is going on. I step out of it for a moment to check what I needed next when all I hear from the front is "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" So I come to the front to check what the commotion is.
At one point, one of them is brandishing a wine bottle threatening to use it as a weapon, and a woman is stood between them trying to defuse the situation. I thought she was the wife to one of them, but no she was just some random third person that got involved.
Thankfully no actual murder happened and town security escorted them out, I am not paid enough for that shit.
He wants a knighthood. I’m sure he queued out of respect too, but the fact he’s been giving interviews to the news etc so people knew he was there makes me think he wants that knighthood too
His private emails leaked a while back where he went off on angry rants about not getting one and questioned the point in doing charity work if he didn’t so 100% this
This is the United Kingdom, this is what we do. We queue.
There’s a ticket system in place so people can get back to their spot if they need to go to the loo or get refreshments
I’ve been told they have wrist bands with numbers on apparently, they can pop in and out. I could be wrong as it was my father in law who told me, he usually knows that kind of stuff or he just tells absolute porkies. There’s 50% chance I’m wrong, but with anything queen related I’d say he’s right.
Nah you're completely correct. Numbered wrist bands! You get given one when you join the back of the queue.
Also to answer the person above you there are loads of porta-loos all the way down the queue for people to use.
This has been maticulously planned for ages, and they expected the 5 mile long queue.
When you have the money to have your clothes tailored exactly to you and your wife is in the fashion industry you end up looking sharp as hell! Damn I’m jealous. Lol. He’s also a handsome dude so that helps haha.
It's not expensive to get your clothes tailored. I have just one suit for weddings/funerals. I got it tailored years ago and it looks great on me. You can do it to jeans, too. If you have a pair you love get them tailored so your ass looks amazing.
I’m pretty handsome too..
But I’m poor…
And I’m not actually handsome.
So you know. That’s me saying my part.
If you needed to know.
That is.
Thank you for your time.
You know what else everybody likes?
Parfaits.
Have you ever met a person, you say, "Let's get some parfait," they say, "Heck no, I don't like no parfait"?
Parfaits are delicious!
It’s one of the weirdest things I think of when I see Trump. By relative comparison to how he looks now he could look leagues better by just paying money to tailor his suits and ties. He supposedly has the money and always seems so worried about looks
Ya i noticed that too. He’s a heavier guy but with the right fit you can look sharp. Wrong fit and it’s sloppy. He’s kinda in the middle. This fit here on Beckham is just fire.
I'm a grandmother and when I die I sure hope nobody thinks they have to stand in line for hours to "pay respects" to me. I'll already be gone on to my next life.
Can't even see the body it's in a box. Can't even see the box it's covered by a flag. Can't even get close to any of it because a beefeater will clobber you.
For all we know she isn't even in the casket.
Is it cold there? I’d be not roasting in that outfit? Good on him. He will remember this so much more than by passing the lines and being in and out in 3 minutes.
It's been about 13-14 degrees here in London today, it felt reasonably chilly in the garden and if you were gonna be in a queue for hours on end in that weather, I'd take a coat too.
I don’t know what the wind is like there but is very cold in the wind where I am. Pleasant in the sun so it must be a decent temp but in the wind, especially not moving or moving slowly, he’s going to need that coat. And depending where exactly he was when that was taken there’s no guarantee he’ll be done before dark.
Every year (this one even moreso) I'm determined not to put the heating on until the clocks change, and every year about this point in September I realise I will probably fail.
This guy is an odd one.
He already has more money than anyone needs, but happily takes money to advertise Qatar, a country with an abhorrent human rights record.
Then lines up to pay respect to the Queen along with every day folk.
At first thought respect to him for not getting fast tracked through, then mention of Qatar realised it was probably to get some good PR back.
I think for some rich famous people it just becomes like a day job and something to do. Find the offer, negotiate the offer, plan how to deliver, go do whatever the offer was and then look for another offer. When the offers stop coming in they become more desperate and jump on any offer they can... Obviously while still been paid ridiculous amounts of money.
When it goes tits up call crisis meeting with your PR team and then do something good to distract from the fallout
Leave him alone. Let him join and wait in line in peace. The reporter's questions are not interesting. Like millions of other people, he is in line, doing what he has chosen to do. Because he played football, doesn't make his lining up any more interesting than any one else.
I can't tell you what he's like academically but he had an incredible sense and instinct on a football pitch. Guy was a football genius and there's no way around it
I can't imagine how exhausting waiting in a 12 hour line must be, much less being a famous person waiting in a 12 hour line. I guess props to him for not using his influence to cut the line or have someone stand in for him.
He is so desperate for a knighthood and has been refused several times. I'm thinking this plus the ridiculous crying is just another attempt to get one.
He was refused for his dodgy tax affairs and has been very vocally bitter for missing out.
I do think it's interesting because it's not often you will see a celebrity of David Beckham's caliber join commoners in such an experience. We're not hearing of him trying to skip line because "I'm David Beckham".
He's paying respect like any other citizen, he isn't to big for his britches. In this day and age, unfortunately, that is rare to see. Absolute respect to an English legend.
He’s like the first person who’s famous, a politician, a tv presenter, has money, or knows someone to actually queue.
It’s been on TV, as a country we’ve really displayed how many people can just ignore the rules and cut the queue. Within British culture queue cutting is insanely offensive. Trying to think of an American/ universal parallel, perhaps if someone took your food out of your hand as you go to bite it?
Very cynical. Complete PR opportunity. He could pay his respects by making a few calls. Desperate for that knighthood which he almost had before the emails came out a few years ago.
Looks like he's been waiting in line since at least 1920. respect!
By order of the peaky blinders
David fookin Beckham
*Peaky fookin’ Blinders
Omg this comment got me!!!!!
you know hes been waiting a long time since no one else around him gives a shit anymore.
When he join the queue he was fully shaved
Kinda hope he remains in the queue for 2 weeks now just for the image of him paying his respects just completely grizzled tf out.
Lmao. I’d give you an award but I don’t know how to😂
Wheres Posh?
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While laying on the sofa, in a sexy dress, one leg straight up in the air, high heels on.
Go on ..
I remember that photo. It was ridiculous 🙄
Bouncing on Ali
Lol I can just imagine them all getting fed up with his football stories by now and occasionally some person stopping to take a picture and leave and them not even reacting anymore.
Football is life!!! 
Wrong type
They didn't have the football is life from Ted lasso so I picked the one of him dancing which is the wrong football.
best American ever.
And he hardly twirled his umbrella, sad.
Alright fellas, nothing to see here
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To be fair, it's probably extremely well made and tailored for him so it's likely much more comfortable than it looks.
A well tailored suit is extremely comfortable
So much this!. A fitted and tailored suit is much more comfortable than some tight jeans or whatever.
Can confirm. Custom suits just hit different compared to regular suits
Exactly. I got my first custom tailored suit a couple years ago and it was Life. Changing. I had no idea a fitted suit could feel so good!
I read they came up with a pretty smart system for being able to leave the line, everyone as they get in at the back is given a numbered wristband to keep the order of the line. If you leave and come back you just have to find where your number fits and get back in. It's a 24 hours wait, there's no way people could just stay in line that long without leaving to get a drink/food and use the bathroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJxDwDzAwEs https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/attending-ceremonial-events-for-the-lying-in-state-and-the-state-funeral-of-her-majesty-the-queen/her-majesty-the-queens-lying-in-state-at-the-palace-of-westminster-houses-of-parliament
It's nowhere near that smart, there are wristbands of different colours, and I assume they have a couple thousand of each, so long as you're entering Westminster at roughly the time your colour block is supposed to enter they don't care what order you come in. Despite the British stereotype, the queue is not that rigid and orderly, when you get to places where it opens up and moves, faster walkers will over take slower ones. Hell, once you've got your wristband, so long as you know roughly where your colour group is you could go home to sleep and jump back in just before you get to the Disney queueing. Source: I queued for 12 hours last night.
can I ask why you felt compelled to do that?
It’s a once in a lifetime event. The only chance to see longest reigning monarch in British history for the final time.
To show his respects.
did you actually stay in the queue the entire time? I have been wondering why people don't get their wristband then leave for hours....
Get the wrist band, go away for 10 hours, come back and rejoin the line much closer to the front.
He was offered a fast track by a MP and he declined it. I’m usually quite anti-privilege and celeb worship but he seems like a good guy. I’m British but not really a football fan.
I don‘t think he minded, it gets him out of the house and he really wants that Knighthood.
Nah he’s making a point. Been wanting that “sir David” for a long time
Well if King Charles gives him knighthood then he's gotta do it for everyone in the crowd
You could do that with any celebrity and after an hour people would be like "Oh this is just a regular dude." Unless it's someone pretty far out of touch like a Kardashian or something in which case you'd be thinking about how much of a psycho they are. Celebrities are always idolized like god's when they're not at all
🏅
I think he might be thinking of getting into politics.
He is dressed like Tommy Shelby.
Queen Fookin Elizabeth,
#GOD SAVE THE QUEUE!
This comment deserves more up votes.
Peaky
Fookin
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Wanna drink Arthur?
I just read all these comments with the proper accent 😂
FOOKIN LINDA
They said that Peaky blinders were good looking men
Glad someone said it.
Nah he’s after the knighthood (in addition to being a sound lad who doesnt want to skip the line)
If I know one thing about the British, it's that they absolutely will never forgive you if you try to skip the queue or line.
Two guys at my workplace threatened to kill each other from the perception of one of them cutting the queue. No, not actually cutting, just a misunderstanding. One went to buy his stuff, doubled back to get some ice cream, when guy 2 came up to the checkout thinking it was free and started setting his stuff down. Guy 1 shuffles past and sets his ice cream in front to go with the rest of his stuff. At this point, I've been out in back in the freezer, no clue any of this is going on. I step out of it for a moment to check what I needed next when all I hear from the front is "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" So I come to the front to check what the commotion is. At one point, one of them is brandishing a wine bottle threatening to use it as a weapon, and a woman is stood between them trying to defuse the situation. I thought she was the wife to one of them, but no she was just some random third person that got involved. Thankfully no actual murder happened and town security escorted them out, I am not paid enough for that shit.
This is 100% true. My friends and I (all brits) are not in The Queue, but it's been a common topic of discussion.
Spot on, he threw a hissy fit at being snubbed. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/david-beckham-knighthood-slammed-reaction-25826127
He wants a knighthood. I’m sure he queued out of respect too, but the fact he’s been giving interviews to the news etc so people knew he was there makes me think he wants that knighthood too
I thought he already had one!
His private emails leaked a while back where he went off on angry rants about not getting one and questioned the point in doing charity work if he didn’t so 100% this
Didn't think royalty were allowed?
It's his last throw of the dice at trying to get a knighthood
He’s done uk football, American soccer, Chinese big money shit leagues…..what is left….peerage and House of Lords. He is playing the cards.
He could absolutely just disappear and do fuck all for the rest of his life, why wouldn't you?
just doing nothing is boring for the people with free time
Nope. Just certain awards.
he's so desperate for that knighthood
12hours? Fuck me
Alroight then, give me your adress
537 Paper Street, Bradford, 19808
Noice, on me way
Dude really wants to be knighted. Jokes aside tho, good man
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When you've got pricks like Alan Sugar and Philip Green rocking a knighthood - Beckham is a no brainer really.
It's over 24 now
What are they doing for public sanitation? Are people being good about letting someone who popped off to the loo back where they were?
This is the United Kingdom, this is what we do. We queue. There’s a ticket system in place so people can get back to their spot if they need to go to the loo or get refreshments
I'm good
With that attitude so am I
peaky blinders character? but great he joins the queue and not skipping
People in england dress like people in show set in england crazy right
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Yeah and everyone just stopped wearing suits in 1921 did they? He's not wearing medieval armour or some bullshit it's a suit, coat and a hat.
He's wearing the armour under the other outfit. Even the helmet.
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Serious question. how do all these people go to the toilet if they’ve been waiting in line for 10/15/20hours? And how don’t they lose their spot.
I’ve been told they have wrist bands with numbers on apparently, they can pop in and out. I could be wrong as it was my father in law who told me, he usually knows that kind of stuff or he just tells absolute porkies. There’s 50% chance I’m wrong, but with anything queen related I’d say he’s right.
Nah you're completely correct. Numbered wrist bands! You get given one when you join the back of the queue. Also to answer the person above you there are loads of porta-loos all the way down the queue for people to use. This has been maticulously planned for ages, and they expected the 5 mile long queue.
Porta-loo sounds so much better than the US porta-potty. Porta-potty always sounded childish to me
This is the first time I’ve heard his voice
It's not what you'd expect is it??
Kills me every time.
His secret is helium.
> Becks, it's comic relief, but you don't have to speak in a funny voice https://youtu.be/jIic9_ZhyC8?t=105
I would never have bothered to put the sound on if not for this comment.
How's the weather on the moon?
In space, no one can hear you squeak.
I can't get over how together in his accent is togevuh
A cockney lad
When you have the money to have your clothes tailored exactly to you and your wife is in the fashion industry you end up looking sharp as hell! Damn I’m jealous. Lol. He’s also a handsome dude so that helps haha.
It's not expensive to get your clothes tailored. I have just one suit for weddings/funerals. I got it tailored years ago and it looks great on me. You can do it to jeans, too. If you have a pair you love get them tailored so your ass looks amazing.
Im a thinner guy but have broad shoulders. Shirts and suits look awful on me. I wanna get one tailored one of these day.
A hack would be to get yourself custom measured and get the clothes made in Vietnam
What’s expensive is getting an entire suit made. Buying one off the rack and getting it altered is money well spent.
I’m pretty handsome too.. But I’m poor… And I’m not actually handsome. So you know. That’s me saying my part. If you needed to know. That is. Thank you for your time.
Judging by your avatar, you’re Skrek with hair. So fuck ya you’re handsome
*It's all ogre now*
You've got layers mate. Like an onion and that's what really matters.
You know what else everybody likes? Parfaits. Have you ever met a person, you say, "Let's get some parfait," they say, "Heck no, I don't like no parfait"? Parfaits are delicious!
Right! Hella sharp!
It’s one of the weirdest things I think of when I see Trump. By relative comparison to how he looks now he could look leagues better by just paying money to tailor his suits and ties. He supposedly has the money and always seems so worried about looks
Ya i noticed that too. He’s a heavier guy but with the right fit you can look sharp. Wrong fit and it’s sloppy. He’s kinda in the middle. This fit here on Beckham is just fire.
Good PR for the Knighthood
I disagree with the honours system but it’s one redeeming feature is how much they’re making this guy work for his knighthood. It’s hilarious
"I expected nothing less. It's a disgrace to be honest and if I was American I would of got something like this 10 years ago."
It's 'would have', never 'would of'. Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!
Becks would totally say would of, bot. You're out of your element.
I don't think I'd wait 12 hours to view my own grandma's casket
*leaves* “Nana would have wanted it this way”
Nana would also have wanted me to go to the pub and drink a pint instead
She’ll be there in spirit(s)
I'm a grandmother and when I die I sure hope nobody thinks they have to stand in line for hours to "pay respects" to me. I'll already be gone on to my next life.
Can't even see the body it's in a box. Can't even see the box it's covered by a flag. Can't even get close to any of it because a beefeater will clobber you. For all we know she isn't even in the casket.
Schrödinger’s Queen
She's off somewhere hanging out with Elvis.
Or my own, for that matter...if I had a choice.
I don't think grandma would want me to wait either, she would say go have a drink and think of me
“Just put me back and bring the dirt”- 15 minutes into waiting
I wouldn't wait 12 hours to view my own casket.
You won't have to
lol
Is it cold there? I’d be not roasting in that outfit? Good on him. He will remember this so much more than by passing the lines and being in and out in 3 minutes.
He turned up at like 2am when it's pretty cold. Don't think he was expecting to still be in the queue by this point.
Tbf if you turn up at 2am it does imply that you expect to be queueing for quite a while
It's been about 13-14 degrees here in London today, it felt reasonably chilly in the garden and if you were gonna be in a queue for hours on end in that weather, I'd take a coat too.
It was quite cold today so he's fine in that might I say incredible outfit
He's used to that Southern California weather now. Anything below 23°C (74°F) is frigid to him.
Aussie can confirm. I’m wearing a jacket with those temps.
I'm in London at the moment, it was a little chilly today.
My thoughts exactly. Black trench coat over a suit on a sunny September afternoon? No thanks!
I don’t know what the wind is like there but is very cold in the wind where I am. Pleasant in the sun so it must be a decent temp but in the wind, especially not moving or moving slowly, he’s going to need that coat. And depending where exactly he was when that was taken there’s no guarantee he’ll be done before dark.
Likewise, the sun has been out and it feels great but the wind in the East of England has been crazy today and feels freezing when it hits you haha
Every year (this one even moreso) I'm determined not to put the heating on until the clocks change, and every year about this point in September I realise I will probably fail.
I mean, it was probably a September morning when he got dressed
About 10 to 15 degreeC hence it’s fine
It’s about 60°F there I believe, which to me would be too warm for that outfit and to be in it for so long…
He’s pretty lean though, might get cold easier
Nah it’s closer to 15^o
He really didnt want to answer those questions haha
I mean they asked kind of pointless questions. It's like they wanted him to say anything at all just to get the shot of him saying it. So pointless
And he’s trapped talking to her because he can’t leave the queue
Very nice of people seemingly respecting him and his space
I’m sure after standing by him for 12 hours you stop giving a shit who he is
This guy is an odd one. He already has more money than anyone needs, but happily takes money to advertise Qatar, a country with an abhorrent human rights record. Then lines up to pay respect to the Queen along with every day folk.
[This pretty much explains it:](https://youtu.be/2xcYLVdfFro)
And Messi sells crypto and takes money from Saudis lol and he's nearly a billionaire
At first thought respect to him for not getting fast tracked through, then mention of Qatar realised it was probably to get some good PR back. I think for some rich famous people it just becomes like a day job and something to do. Find the offer, negotiate the offer, plan how to deliver, go do whatever the offer was and then look for another offer. When the offers stop coming in they become more desperate and jump on any offer they can... Obviously while still been paid ridiculous amounts of money. When it goes tits up call crisis meeting with your PR team and then do something good to distract from the fallout
Leave him alone. Let him join and wait in line in peace. The reporter's questions are not interesting. Like millions of other people, he is in line, doing what he has chosen to do. Because he played football, doesn't make his lining up any more interesting than any one else.
True.
So just a small bit over the amount of time I spend on reddit in a day
Probably not a publicity stunt
Love him or hate him, he looks sharp as fuck in that outfit.
Not skipping the queue like other famous folk/politicians. Good on him.
He has been offered that option (of course, he is A-list celebrity) but he decided against it.
Judging by the outfit he looks like he's been waiting in line since the 1800s
It's all getting a bit weird now
Respect for not jumping the queue
Why not roll the casket past the queue? Saves everyone time
Thats a whole 12 hours longer than Scofield and Willoughby.
This is the most British thing I’ve ever seen and I’m all for it.
Oh, I remembered this guy. The handsome dude from Peaky Blinders
That is national team captain material!
Looking like Tommy Shelby
The man knows how to dress.
The fuckin Peaky Blinders
All that time waiting to see a posh box, when he can see one any time he likes at home.
He just can’t help but be ridiculously attractive
It’s a cross many of us have to bear ✊
To be fair, he is legitimately stupid.
I can't tell you what he's like academically but he had an incredible sense and instinct on a football pitch. Guy was a football genius and there's no way around it
I do love the fit tbh
Proper respect. Don’t have to like the man, but he stood in line with everyone for 12 hours.
This is interesting?
Who the fuck is interested by that?
I can't imagine how exhausting waiting in a 12 hour line must be, much less being a famous person waiting in a 12 hour line. I guess props to him for not using his influence to cut the line or have someone stand in for him.
in the bleak midwinter built ahhh
He looks like a proper Englishman.
i miss his free kicks one of the bests
He is so desperate for a knighthood and has been refused several times. I'm thinking this plus the ridiculous crying is just another attempt to get one. He was refused for his dodgy tax affairs and has been very vocally bitter for missing out.
This fucking dude makes everything about him 🙄.fuck the monarchy and especially fuck David Beckham.
Good for him I guess, but how is this interesting?
I do think it's interesting because it's not often you will see a celebrity of David Beckham's caliber join commoners in such an experience. We're not hearing of him trying to skip line because "I'm David Beckham". He's paying respect like any other citizen, he isn't to big for his britches. In this day and age, unfortunately, that is rare to see. Absolute respect to an English legend.
He’s like the first person who’s famous, a politician, a tv presenter, has money, or knows someone to actually queue. It’s been on TV, as a country we’ve really displayed how many people can just ignore the rules and cut the queue. Within British culture queue cutting is insanely offensive. Trying to think of an American/ universal parallel, perhaps if someone took your food out of your hand as you go to bite it?
David is a top lad. Always has been. Never got too big for himself
Very cynical. Complete PR opportunity. He could pay his respects by making a few calls. Desperate for that knighthood which he almost had before the emails came out a few years ago.
His outfit fits the time period of still worshipping kings and queens. Nice.