Rise, Sir David Beckham: Football Legend Honoured by King Charles at Windsor Castle Ceremony
David Beckham received a honorary title at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. The ex-national team leader, fifty, was one of the individuals receiving awards for his services to sport and charity. In recent months, he expressed he was “immensely proud” of being acknowledged in the King’s birthday honours.
Football Career Highlights
The player first appeared in England's top division for the Red Devils in the mid-nineties and was part of the team that earned a thrilling European Cup win in the late nineties when they beat Bayern Munich with last-minute strikes.
Overall, he scored 85 goals and garnered accolades including multiple English championships and two FA Cups as a footballer, before retiring from the sport in the past decade. Alongside his football career, he has backed a number of charity causes, including acting as a charitable representative for humanitarian aid organisation the United Nations Children's Fund since 2005.
The celebrated athlete, with his wife Victoria, after being knighted at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Charitable and Other Roles
Last year, the sports star, who has described himself as a “huge royalist”, was appointed an official representative for the royal educational charity, an non-profit organization founded by the King in the early nineties. In 1998 he was declared top fashion icon by GQ magazine and he has posed for companies such as H&M, Armani, and Boss.
Beckham tied the knot with Victoria in 1999 and the couple have four children together – their eldest, Romeo, Cruz, and their daughter.
