Former British soccer player David Beckham wrote on Instagram, "I'm truly saddened by the death of Her Majesty, The Queen. What an outpouring of love and respect we saw for the Platinum Jubilee for her life of service. How devastated we all feel today shows what she has 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. Until her last days she served her country with dignity and grace. This year she would have known how loved she was. My thoughts and prayers are with our Royal Family..."
On Friday, Sept. 16, Beckham also waited 13 hours in line to pay his respects to Queen Elizebeth II at Westminster Hall. "I grew up in a household of royalists and I was brought up that way so if my grandparents [had] been here today, I know that they would have wanted to be here so I am here on their behalf and on behalf of my family and obviously to celebrate with everybody else here," he told ITV News. "The amount of times that I was able to meet her through my career and I was very lucky . . . to represent my country, to be captain of my country."
