LONDON: David Beckham will likely be awarded a knighthood by King Charles III subsequent week in recognition of his soccer profession and his charity work, studies mentioned on Friday (Jun 6).
The previous England soccer captain is ready to be named within the King’s Birthday Honours Record, in accordance with the BBC and different sources.
Different sporting figures who’ve been awarded the title embody Beckham’s former supervisor at Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, and British tennis nice Andy Murray.
The Solar newspaper mentioned he would take the title of “sir” and his spouse, Victoria, a former member of the Spice Women pop group, will likely be often known as Girl Beckham.
Beckham performed 115 instances for England in addition to for an inventory of high-profile golf equipment, together with United and Actual Madrid.
He’s at present the president and co-owner of US crew Inter Miami and co-owner of Salford Metropolis, which performs within the fourth tier of English soccer.
The 50-year-old, who has lengthy been within the operating for a knighthood, was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003 – a decrease award in Britain’s honours system.
Victoria later acquired the identical award for companies to the style business.
David Beckham was final month named in Time journal’s listing of the 100 most influential leaders in philanthropy.
He’s an official ambassador for The King’s Basis, supporting its schooling programmes and “efforts to make sure younger folks have a larger understanding of nature”, and has been a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 2005.
Beckham is known to have been on the verge of receiving a knighthood after serving to London win its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Video games.
However United Kingdom authorities positioned a purple flag on his nomination on account of his involvement in an alleged tax avoidance scheme, in accordance with earlier studies. He was subsequently cleared.
In 2017, British newspapers printed particulars of leaked emails during which Beckham criticised the honours system and the honours committee, in accordance with the BBC.
A spokesman for Beckham mentioned on the time that the emails have been “hacked”, “doctored” and “personal”.
