Former England soccer captain Beckham, wearing his OBE medal pinned to his gray Ralph Lauren suit and with slicked-back hair, queued with wife Victoria outside the abbey as the estimated 1,900 guests waited to take their seats at the biggest royal event for 30 years.
Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria, pregnant with the Beckhams' fourth child, was dressed in a midnight blue piece from her Autumn/Winter 2011 collection and Philip Treacy hat.
Beckham, given time off to attend the wedding by his club LA Galaxy, got to know William, the president of the English Football Association, when they worked together to promote England's unsuccessful bid to win the right to host the 2018 World Cup.
Other early arrivals seen filing through the abbey's Great North Door were “Mr. Bean” actor Rowan Atkinson and Chelsea Davy, the on-off girlfriend of William's younger brother and best man Prince Harry.
The guest list features a host of celebrities also including singer Elton John together with his partner David Furnish, Guy Ritchie, who directed the cult 1990s film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the singer Joss Stone.
Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe and England's World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward were among the first to arrive.
Woodward, best known for England's 2003 World Cup triumph and now working for the British Olympic Association, invited William to join the British and Irish Lions' squad for their 2005 tour to New Zealand.
Thorpe met William when he visited the swimmer's home country last year and the Prince has since supported the Australian's charitable organization.
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