Rise, Sir David Beckham: Beckham Knighted by the Monarch at Royal Windsor Ceremony
David Beckham was bestowed with a honorary title at Windsor Castle on the weekday. The ex-national team leader, fifty, was among those receiving awards for his contributions to athletics and charity. Earlier this year, he expressed he was “immensely proud” of being recognised in the monarch's annual honors list.
Soccer Achievements
The player made his Premier League debut for the Red Devils in 1995 and was a key member that earned a thrilling European Cup win in the late nineties when they beat Bayern Munich with two late goals.
Overall, he netted eighty-five scores and garnered accolades including six Premier League titles and two FA Cups as a footballer, before retiring from the sport in 2013. Alongside his football career, he has supported a number of charity causes, including acting as a goodwill ambassador for global aid group the United Nations Children's Fund since the mid-2000s.
The celebrated athlete, with his wife Victoria, after being knighted at an investiture ceremony at the royal venue.
Philanthropy and Beyond
In the previous year, the sports star, who has described himself as a “devoted monarchist”, was named an official representative for the royal educational charity, an non-profit organization founded by the monarch in the early nineties. In the late nineties he was declared top fashion icon by GQ magazine and he has modelled for companies such as H&M, Armani, and Boss.
Beckham tied the knot with 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 Harper.
