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David Beckham, the erstwhile England shot skipper who has been an ambassador for the UN children's money for 2 decades, volition person a knighthood successful adjacent week's honours database from King Charles III, according to U.K. media reports Friday.
BBC reports that Beckham volition beryllium among those knighted adjacent week by King Charles III
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· Posted: Jun 06, 2025 3:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 6
David Beckham, the erstwhile England shot skipper who has been an ambassador for the UN children's money for 2 decades, is to person a knighthood successful adjacent week's honours database from King Charles III, according to U.K. media reports Friday.
Without citing sources, BBC said Beckham is acceptable to person further designation some for his shot career, and his contributions to British society.
The knighthood volition marque Beckham "Sir David," portion his woman since 1999, erstwhile Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, volition go "Lady Beckham." In 2003, Beckham was awarded the Order of the British Empire, oregon OBE, for services to soccer. Victoria Beckham got the aforesaid honour for services to the manner manufacture successful a aboriginal New Year Honours list.
Honours are awarded doubly a year, erstwhile astatine New Year's, and past successful June to people the king's birthday. They are mostly made connected the proposal of the government, though the monarch has input too.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's bureau would not corroborate the property reports, arsenic is custom. Buckingham Palace declined to comment. The Associated Press has not been capable to independently corroborate the grant of the knighthood, which was archetypal reported successful The Sun tabloid newspaper.
In video footage published by The Sun from the Chelsea Flower Show earlier this month, the King is seen asking Beckham if helium "received his 50th day present." The King appeared to accidental "I'm gladsome it got to you," with Beckham responding, "It was incredible, convey you, it was precise kind."
Beckham and the King person crossed paths connected galore occasions, including astatine authorities functions. Last year, Beckham became an ambassador for The King's Foundation, an acquisition and sustainability foundation Charles launched successful 1990.
Beckham known for sports career
Beckham, who is intelligibly a patriot, is the lone English shot subordinate to people astatine 3 antithetic World Cups and his illustrious vocation included the treble-winning run of 1999, erstwhile Manchester United won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League.
With 115 appearances for the England nationalist team, Beckham is 3rd successful the all-time list. He besides captained the broadside connected 59 occasions.
After leaving Manchester United 2003, Beckham played for Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy and Paris Saint-Germain. He present co-owns the MLS squad Inter Miami.
His vocation wasn't ever astatine a high, though. After the 1998 World Cup successful France, Beckham was wide vilified for his petulant footwear of Argentina subordinate Diego Simeone, which saw him sent off. Many fans blamed him for England's exit.
In 2023's Netflix documentary bid Beckham, he described the maltreatment helium experienced, which included an effigy of him hanging from a noose extracurricular a London pub.
"I knew it was atrocious astatine the time, but going implicit that full happening was rather a pugnacious one," helium told the AP.
The four-part documentary bid astir Beckham's beingness and nonrecreational vocation scored him an Emmy successful 2024 for outstanding documentary oregon non-fiction series.
Beckham has been a benignant icon and personage and has been a salient protagonist of charities, including UNICEF, which created the David Beckham UNICEF Fund in 2015 to people a decade's concern betwixt the two. Beckham besides played a pivotal relation successful London being awarded the Summer Olympic Games successful 2012.
If the knighthood is confirmed, Beckham would articulation an elite radical of British shot players to person been knighted, including England's 1966 World Cup winners, Geoff Hurst and Bobby Charlton, and Scotland's Kenny Dalglish.