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  1. Beckham 'telling stories' during 12-hour wait

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    Our deputy political editor Vicki Young managed to speak to David Beckham as he waited in the queue to see the Queen lying in state at Westminster Hall.

    The former footballer says he and the people he has been queuing with have been "celebrating" the Queen's life and telling stories.

    He says he's been waiting since 02:15 BST, which would make his wait over 12 hours at this point.

  2. David Beckham spotted in the queue

    David Beckham in the queue

    David Beckham has been spotted in the queue to see the Queen lying in state.

    Asked how long he'd been waiting for, the former England and Manchester United football star said he'd been there for 12 hours, since 02:15 BST.

    On the camaraderie of people in the line, Beckham said they had shared sandwiches, sherbert lemon and doughnuts.

    He is wearing a dark suit and flat cap, and is winding his way through the zig-zag of queues in Victoria Gardens, approaching the end of the line to reach Westminster Hall.

    Once he'd been spotted, fellow queuing compatriots stopped to take photos of and selfies with the celebrity.

    Such was the excitement that some said on social media that it caused something of a disturbance to the progress of the line as it moved forward, as people stopped to look and lost focus on continuing to walk.