Rise, Sir David: Football Legend Honoured by the Monarch at Royal Windsor Ceremony
The football icon received a honorary title at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The ex-national team leader, 50, was among those receiving awards for his services to sport and charity. Earlier this year, he expressed he was “extremely honored” of being acknowledged in the monarch's annual honors list.
Football Career Highlights
Beckham made his Premier League debut for the Red Devils in the mid-nineties and was a key member that earned a dramatic Champions League final victory in the late nineties when they defeated the German giants with two late goals.
In total, he scored eighty-five scores and collected honours including multiple English championships and domestic cup wins as a footballer, before ending his playing career in the past decade. In addition to his sports endeavors, he has supported a number of charity causes, including serving as a goodwill ambassador for global aid group Unicef since the mid-2000s.
David Beckham, with his wife Victoria, after receiving his knighthood at an investiture ceremony at the royal venue.
Charitable and Other Roles
In the previous year, the sports star, who has described himself as a “huge royalist”, was named an ambassador for the King’s Foundation, an educational charity founded by the King in the early nineties. In 1998 he was named most stylish man of the year by a leading publication and he has modelled for brands like H&M, Armani, and Boss.
Beckham married his wife Victoria in the turn of the millennium and the couple have four children together – Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, and Harper.
