Arise Sir David!: Beckham to be awarded a knighthood by King Charles, in accordance with media reviews | EUROtoday

David Beckham, the previous England soccer captain who has been an envoy for the U.N. kids’s fund for 20 years, is to obtain a knighthood in subsequent week’s honors listing from King Charles III, in accordance with U.Ok. media reviews Friday.

Without citing sources, the BBC stated Beckham is about to obtain additional recognition each for his soccer profession, and his contributions to British society.

The knighthood will make Beckham “Sir David” whereas his spouse since 1999, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, will turn out to be “Lady Beckham.” In 2003, Beckham was awarded the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, for companies to soccer. Victoria Beckham received the identical honor for companies to the style trade in a later New Year Honours listing.

Honors are awarded twice a 12 months, as soon as at New Year’s, after which in June to mark the king’s birthday. They are largely made on the advice of the federal government, although the monarch has enter too.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s workplace wouldn’t verify the press reviews, as is customized. Buckingham Palace declined to remark. The Associated Press has not been capable of independently verify the award of the knighthood, which was first reported in The Sun tabloid newspaper.

In video footage revealed by The Sun from the Chelsea Flower Show earlier this month, the king is seen asking Beckham if he “received his 50th birthday present.” The King appeared to say “I’m glad it got to you,” with Beckham responding: “It was incredible, thank you, it was very kind.”

Beckham is the one English soccer participant to attain at three totally different World Cups and his illustrious profession included the treble-winning marketing campaign of 1999, when Manchester United received the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League.

With 115 appearances for the England nationwide crew, Beckham is third within the all-time listing. He additionally captained the aspect on 59 events.

After leaving Manchester United 2003, Beckham performed for Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy and Paris Saint-German. He now co-owns the MLS crew Inter Miami.

His profession wasn’t all the time a excessive, although. After the 1998 World Cup in France, Beckham was broadly vilified for his petulant kick of Argentina participant Diego Simeone, which noticed him despatched off. Many followers blamed him for England’s exit.

In 2023’s Netflix documentary collection “Beckham,” he described the abuse he skilled, which included an effigy of him hanging from a noose outdoors a London pub.

“I knew it was bad at the time, but going over that whole thing was quite a tough one,” he advised the AP.

The four-part documentary collection about Beckham’s life {and professional} profession scored him an Emmy in 2024 for excellent documentary or non-fiction collection.

Beckham has been a mode icon and movie star and has been a outstanding supporter of charities, together with UNICEF, which created “The David Beckham UNICEF Fund” in 2015 to mark a decade’s partnership between the 2.

Beckham additionally performed a pivotal function in London being awarded the Summer Olympic Games in 2012.