England captain Harry Kane has described the Queen as a “great role model” and revealed his kids visited Buckingham Palace final week to pay their respects.
The Tottenham ahead scored throughout a 6-2 win over Leicester on Saturday, a match which noticed the late Queen honoured with floral wreaths laid, whereas a minute’s silence – briefly spoiled by small sections of followers shouting – passed off earlier than kick-off whereas an impeccable minute’s applause occurred within the seventieth minute.
Kane will now hyperlink up with England for his or her upcoming Nations League fixtures with Italy and Germany however solely after the Queen’s funeral on Monday.
“It’s truly remarkable to represent the country the way that the Queen has for so many years of her life – it’s a true inspiration,” Kane mentioned in Tottenham’s matchday programme, which had an image of the Queen on the entrance cowl alongside former Spurs skipper Danny Blanchflower from the 1962 FA Cup last.
“No matter what job you’re in, she showed that consistency and held an impeccable reputation, so she was a truly great role model for all of us and that’s why we’re so proud that she was our Queen.”
Kane’s kids and his spouse Kate went to Buckingham Palace final Friday to place flowers down in reminiscence of the Queen.
He added: “I was here at the club training but Kate took the kids down to Buckingham Palace.
“We thought it was important – they’re young, they don’t understand too much at the moment but when they’re older and they look back and they read about the history of our country, the Queen was an integral part of that, so Kate took the kids down there just to pay their respects.
“They left some flowers outside Buckingham Palace, which was nice. It’s a huge occasion in our history so we thought it would be important for the kids to experience that.”
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