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Sir David Beckham has described been knighted by King Charles during a ceremony at Windsor Castle as “my proudest moment.<\/p>\n
The former Manchester United and England star was accompanied by his wife – now known as Lady Beckham – and his parents, Ted and Sandra, as he was honoured for his services to sport and charity.<\/p>\n
Sir David, 50, was dressed in a grey three-piece suit made by his fashion designer wife, which was inspired by a suit King Charles wore when he was younger.<\/p>\n
The footballer said: “[King Charles] was quite impressed with my suit. He’s 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.”<\/p>\n
Arise, Sir David – Beckham receives knighthood<\/p>\n
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Sir David Beckham with his wife Lady Beckham and parents Ted and Sandra Beckham<\/p>\n
“It was something that my wife made me,” he continued.<\/p>\n
“I looked at old pictures of [King Charles] when he was quite young in morning suits and I was like ‘OK, that’s what I want to wear’ – so I gave it to my wife and she did it.”<\/p>\n
Speaking of his honour, Sir David said: “I couldn’t be prouder. People know how patriotic I am – I love my country.<\/p>\n
“I’ve always said how important the monarchy is to my family.<\/p>\n
“I’m lucky enough to have travelled around the world and all people want to talk to me about is our monarchy. It makes me proud.”<\/p>\n
Lady Beckham received an OBE in 2017 for services to the fashion industry, while Sir David was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003.<\/p>\n
Sir David played 115 times for his country as well as for Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, Paris St-Germain and AC Milan, retiring in 2013.<\/p>\n
He also played a key role in securing the London 2012 Olympics, and has been an ambassador for Unicef since 2005.<\/p>\n
Sir David became an ambassador for The King’s Foundation in 2024, supporting King Charles’ education programme and efforts to ensure young people have a greater understanding of nature.<\/p>\n
Something I could never imagine – Sir David on knighthood<\/p>\n
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Other stars honoured on Tuesday included Dame Elaine Paige<\/p>\n
Others honoured on Tuesday included Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro and West End star Dame Elaine Paige.<\/p>\n
Sir Kazuo, whose books include 1989’s The Remains of the Day and 2005’s Never Let Me Go, for which he won the Man Booker Prize, was made a Companion of Honour.<\/p>\n
Evita star Dame Elaine received her honour for services to music and charity.<\/p>\n
The 77-year-old wore a blue feathered hat made by a milliner to the late Queen and carried a bag designed by Lady Beckham.<\/p>\n
She said she made the King laugh during their conversation, telling the PA news agency: “The King has a very quiet voice and he said to me, I think he said to me, ‘Are you keeping your hand in?’ after having said to me, ‘I haven’t seen you in quite a while’, which was true.<\/p>\n
“And so I said I was keeping my hand in and that I was in fact about to embark on a new album and that I would send him a signed copy if he would like it once it’s done.<\/p>\n
“He thought that was rather amusing and laughed. I’m sure it’s not something that he would be particularly interested in but I will send it anyway.”<\/p>\n
The album will contain songs the singer grew up listening to, including tunes from The Beatles and Joni Mitchell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emma SaundersCulture reporter Reuters Sir David Beckham has described been knighted by King Charles during a ceremony at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-271298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}