Arise, Sir David: Football Legend Honoured by King Charles at Royal Windsor Investiture
The football icon received a knighthood at the historic royal residence on Tuesday. The ex-national team leader, fifty, was among those receiving awards for his services to athletics and philanthropy. In recent months, he stated he was “immensely proud” of being recognised in the monarch's annual honors list.
Football Career Highlights
Beckham first appeared in England's top division for Manchester United in 1995 and was part of the team that secured a thrilling European Cup win in the late nineties when they defeated Bayern Munich with last-minute strikes.
Overall, he netted eighty-five scores and garnered accolades including six Premier League titles and two FA Cups as a footballer, before retiring from the sport in 2013. Alongside his football career, he has supported a number of charity causes, including acting as a charitable representative for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef since 2005.
The celebrated athlete, with his wife Victoria, after being knighted at an honors event at the royal venue.
Charitable and Other Roles
In the previous year, Beckham, who has referred to himself as a “huge royalist”, was appointed an ambassador for the royal educational charity, an non-profit organization established by the monarch in the early nineties. In the late nineties he was declared most stylish man of the year by GQ magazine and he has posed for companies such as the fashion retailer, the Italian designer, and Boss.
David tied the knot with Victoria in 1999 and the pair have four children together – Brooklyn, the second son, the third child, and Harper.
