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Becks receives his knighthood(Image: PA)<\/p>\nDavid Beckham makes amazing vow on receipt of his knighthood as he pledges to make a difference to the UKBecks receives his knighthood(Image: PA)<\/p>\n
Sir David Beckham has vowed to use his knighthood<\/a> \u201cfor the good of the UK\u201d as he received the honour from the King. Friends of the star said he would not \u201csit idly back\u201d and plans to accelerate his charity work, and \u201ctry and make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n The pal added: \u201cThere are some celebrities who get a knighthood and you don\u2019t hear from them again…but David wants to use this incredible honour to champion the causes he believes in, and raise their profile. He is determined to give back to the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n The football star<\/a>, 50, who was recognised for his services to sport and charity in a ceremony at Windsor Castle, has described accepting the honour as the \u201cproudest moment\u201d of his career. Sir David has supported a number of charity causes, including serving as a goodwill ambassador for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef since 2005.<\/p>\n Last year he was named an ambassador for The King\u2019s Foundation, an educational charity established by the King in 1990. And speaking after the ceremony, which was attended by his wife Lady Victoria, and his parents, he said of his charitable drive: \u201cAll the things that I do, I do out of love.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Paul O’Grady’s incredible secret friendship with Queen Elizabeth revealed for first time<\/a> \u201cI don\u2019t do it because I\u2019m forced to do it, I don\u2019t do it because I have to do it, I do it because it\u2019s important because I think there\u2019ll always be something to do,\u201d Sir David said. “I do believe that my work will never stop. I enjoy work. I got brought up with the right values to have respect for people and that will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n The former England captain was dressed in a grey three-piece suit, which was made by his wife, when he received his knighthood. He was accompanied by Lady Victoria who wore a ruched navy Bela Midi dress from her own collection, fitted with a Stephen Jones hat and pointed-toe heels.<\/p>\n The pair smiled together for photographs in the courtyard with Lady Victoria<\/a> looking up proudly at her husband before posing with his parents, Ted and Sandra Beckham.<\/p>\n Asked whether he managed to speak to Charles <\/a>during the ceremony, Sir David said: \u201cHe was quite impressed with my suit. \u201cHe\u2019s kind of the most elegantly dressed man that I know, so he inspired quite a few of my looks over the years and he definitely inspired this look. It was something that my wife made me.<\/p>\n \u201cI looked at old pictures of him when he was quite young in morning suits and I was like, OK, that\u2019s what I want to wear, so I gave it to my wife and she did it.\u201d He said he has felt emotional over the knighthood since he was recognised in the King\u2019s Birthday Honours earlier this year, and that he has \u201calways been a huge fan of the monarchy\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been very obviously lucky in my career to have won what I\u2019ve won and done what I\u2019ve done but to receive an honour like this, of a knight, is beyond anything that I ever thought that I would receive,\u201d Sir David said. \u201cTo be honest, a young boy from the east end of London, born in Leytonstone, and here at Windsor Castle, being honoured by His Majesty the King – the most important and the most respected institution in the world<\/a> – it\u2019s quite a moment. This is without doubt my proudest moment.\u201d He added that it was a \u201chuge honour\u201d to be recognised for both his sporting career and for the philanthropic work he has done since he was \u201cprobably 17\u201d.<\/p>\n Speaking about his drive, Sir David said he realised early on that people listen to him and that that was a \u201cpowerful tool\u201d in the world of charity. \u201cI think mostly it\u2019s because of the career that I\u2019ve had and the teams that I\u2019ve played for and the things that I\u2019ve won and the respect that I\u2019ve gained throughout my career, and I think that that is why people listen to me,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s a very powerful tool to have in charity. I just found very quickly that we could make change with things that I said and things that I got involved in and I think that\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Sir David married his wife Victoria in 1999 and the couple share four children together – Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper. Yesterday Romeo<\/a> paid tribute on social media to his father. He said: \u201cNo-one deserves this more than you, love you so much\u2026congrats Sir dad.\u201dSir David made his Premier League<\/a> debut for Manchester United<\/a> in 1995 and was part of the team that earned a dramatic Champions League<\/a> final victory in 1999 when they beat Bayern Munich<\/a> with two late goals.<\/p>\n In total, he scored 85 goals and collected honours including six Premier League titles and two FA Cups as a footballer, before retiring from the sport in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Beckham makes amazing vow on receipt of his knighthood as he pledges to make a difference to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,6871,96,56,54,55,5932],"class_list":["post-244159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-david-beckham","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-victoria-beckham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_Investitures-at-Windsor-Castle.jpg\")
Becks joy as he praises wife Victoria (Image: PA)<\/p>\n![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_Screenshot-2025-11-04-at-143416.jpg\")
David with his family minus eldest son Brooklyn(Image: INSTAGRAM)<\/p>\n