This was about respect. You can be divided in your beliefs and views, and you can certainly be divided in what football team you support, but there were thousands inside Tottenham Hotspur looking to respect that moment at 5.25pm.
It was Tottenham's first home game since Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away nine days previously. The players came out six minutes before kick-off and went straight to the centre circle. Once there, ambassadors from both clubs, Ledley King for Tottenham and Emile Heskey for Leicester, laid floral wreaths on the pitch.
Then came the minute's silence which began with a few isolated early shouts, which were met with angry retorts with some choice language from others calling for respect. After that, it was well observed from those inside the ground before the silence was eventually ended with a nod to the new era of the British monarchy and that ever so slightly tweaked, yet so dramatically different feeling national anthem to accompany the reign of King Charles III.
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The rendition of God Save The King was led by Tottenham-born Lanya Matthews. In 2019, she delivered a note-perfect performance alongside students from her former school, Gladesmore, at the stadium's opening ceremony.
The sound of 62,000 people switching from silence to singing with full voice was something to behold, especially inside a stadium specifically built to hold the noise in and amplify it through its acoustics, and it ended with a loud round of applause from all corners.
The tributes continued on and off the pitch for the Queen, the players on both sides wearing black armbands, and in the 70th minute, there was a minute's applause around the stadium in recognition of the length of her reign.
The club's matchday programme also bore a special edition front cover, depicting Her Majesty presenting club legend Danny Blanchflower with the FA Cup trophy at Wembley in 1962.
Inside the programme, Spurs striker and England captain Harry Kane speaks about the passing of the monarch and gives his tributes to the Queen, as do other former Tottenham players.
Kane called Queen Elizabeth II a "truly remarkable" person and said: "The whole country has been in mourning, and so I think today will be an amazing occasion, representing the Queen and paying our respects.
"I'm sure the crowd will be fully behind everything, and as players, of course, we're keen to get back out there. With it being a home game for us as well, it will be extra special, so we're looking forward to paying our respects to the amazing legacy that she left.
"II was truly remarkable to represent the country the way that the Queen did for so many years of her life. It's a true inspiration. 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.
"We'll celebrate what's been an amazing life, and hopefully, for us at Spurs. We can do that by winning the game today."
Millions of people have descended on the capital over the last week to mark The Queen's passing and to witness the first days of the reign of the new King. Among them were Kane's family as his wife Kate took their children to be part of an important moment in history.
"I was here at the club with training, but Kate took the kids down to Buckingham Palace," explained Kane. "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.
"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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