Arise, Sir David: Football Legend Honoured by the Monarch at Royal Windsor Ceremony
The football icon was bestowed with a knighthood at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The ex-national team leader, 50, was among those accepting honours for his services to sport and charity. In recent months, he expressed he was “extremely honored” of being acknowledged in the King’s birthday honours.
Soccer Achievements
Beckham first appeared in England's top division for the Red Devils in 1995 and was part of the team that secured a dramatic Champions League final victory in 1999 when they defeated the German giants with two late goals.
Overall, he netted eighty-five scores and collected honours including six Premier League titles and two FA Cups as a soccer professional, before ending his playing career in 2013. Alongside his football career, he has supported a number of charity causes, including serving as a goodwill ambassador for humanitarian aid organisation the United Nations Children's Fund since the mid-2000s.
David Beckham, accompanied by his spouse, after receiving his knighthood at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Philanthropy and Beyond
In the previous year, Beckham, who has described himself as a “devoted monarchist”, was named an ambassador for the royal educational charity, an educational charity founded by the monarch in 1990. In the late nineties he was named most stylish man of the year by GQ magazine and he has posed for brands like H&M, Armani, and Boss.
Beckham married his wife Victoria in the turn of the millennium and the pair have a family of four kids together – their eldest, the second son, the third child, and their daughter.
