Former footballer David Beckham will be awarded a knighthood next week as part of King Charles’s birthday celebrations, The Guardian reports.
Beckham has been in line for a knighthood for more than a decade after playing more than 100 times for England and becoming well known for his charity work, much of which is focused on improving the lives of underprivileged children.
Beckham, 50, will be named in King Charles III’s birthday honors list and will take the title of sir. His wife, Victoria Beckham, the fashion designer and former Spice Girls member, will take the name Lady Beckham.
The couple have appeared alongside the royals on public occasions, most recently at the Chelsea flower show last month where they were pictured alongside Charles and Queen Camilla. In February the Beckhams attended a dinner to promote Anglo-Italian relations at Highgrove, King Charles’s private home in Gloucestershire.
