The reason why David Beckham was not Queen Elizabeth's favorite footballer

Despite the Queen's interest in horse racing rather than football, she had a favorite player and he was former international striker Michael Owen, rejecting the star of time and captain of England's national, David Beckham.

In fact, the reason she chose the most preferred football player of Liverpool veteran Manchester United and Real Madrid was not his great skill in the field, but his personal hygiene!

As the former Swedish manager of England's national, Sven Goran Ericsson, discovered, speaking at the British podkast “Sacked in the Morning”: “I was invited to lunch with the Queen along with about 10 other people. At one point, I asked him if he likes soccer. He said I don't like”.

I asked for her favorite player or her favorite team. I thought it meant Beckham. “Michel Owen is my favorite player. I asked him why and he said: “He looks so clean”. That was the answer I received and we did not continue that discussion”, said former Swedish coach of “Three Lions”.

Britain's beloved monarch was the defender of the Football Society before his death on September 8, at the age of 96, and her grandson William, now Duke of Cornwall, is its chairman.

David Beckham's sine when he first met Queen Elizabeth

A person who may have been particularly offended by Queen's comments to Sven Goran Ericsson about her favorite football player may be England's former captain, David Beckham, Manchester United legend and global icons.

However, the first time David Beckham met with Queen Elizabeth in 2002 did not go as planned. The football star was stunned as soon as he saw it and could not say a word!

Remembering her first meeting, Her Majesty had asked Beckham “what's Victoria like, how are the kids? But as he shows: “I couldn't even answer it, it was an incredible moment”.

In fact, he had talked openly about the experience during the Jubilus celebration of the Queen's Platinum, where he and his wife Victoria organised a dinner with the honoured UK recipients (the British Empire) in honor of the Queen.

“Victoria and I enjoyed spending time with these extraordinary people who are honored by the Queen for their contribution to their communities. It was wonderful to hear their inspiring stories. Our special lunch will be broadcast as part of the Platinum Competition at BBC One and @bbciplayer at UK today”, he wrote on Twitter in June. /abcnews. al