David Beckham has been officially knighted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle, in a moment the world-famous footballer has described as “so special”.<\/p>\n
The ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder was earlier this year named on the King’s Birthday Honours list, but officially received the recognition on Tuesday, local time.<\/p>\n
The title also means his wife, Victoria Beckham, will now be known as Lady Victoria.<\/p>\n
It has been widely reported that the knighthood has been a dream of his for many years.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media after being knighted, Sir David spoke of his joy and pride since finding out he had been named in the King’s Birthday Honours.<\/p>\n
“I cried when I first found out, and probably for a few months after it as well,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s been not stressful, I’ve not been nervous, just emotional. I get that from my mum!<\/p>\n
“I think it’s because of the journey, it’s such a big moment for my family. It’s so special.”<\/p>\n
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A knighthood has long been reported as one of David Beckham’s goals. (AP: Jonathan Brady\/PA)<\/p>\n
Sir David also spoke about how the new title was “going to take some getting used to”, joking that he would be fine with his children calling him “Sir Dad”.<\/p>\n
The midfielder, who played 115 games for England, also took the moment to reflect on his life journey.<\/p>\n
“I grew up in a very humble background in the east of London, always wanting to be a professional footballer,” he said.<\/p>\n
“And then I’m stood here at Windsor Castle with the most important monarchy in the world, and getting knighted, so it doesn’t get much better.”<\/p>\n
Outside of football, Sir David is also credited with helping secure London’s rights to host the 2012 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
He has also dedicated time to charity work, including for UNICEF since 2005.<\/p>\n
Last year, he became an ambassador for the King’s Foundation, which works with young people to promote a better understanding of nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Beckham has been officially knighted by King Charles III at Windsor Castle, in a moment the world-famous…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,13159,134,15399,153913,153910,153912,153911,13160],"class_list":["post-262260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-david-beckham","tag-entertainment","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-kings-birthday-honours","tag-knighted","tag-lady-victoria","tag-sir-david","tag-victoria-beckham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}