Arise, Sir David Beckham: Football Legend Honoured by the Monarch at Windsor Castle Ceremony

The football icon received a knighthood at the historic royal residence on Tuesday. The ex-national team leader, fifty, was one of the individuals accepting honours for his services to athletics and charity. In recent months, he expressed he was “immensely proud” of being acknowledged in the monarch's annual honors list.

Soccer Achievements

The player first appeared in England's top division for the Red Devils in 1995 and was part of the team that earned a dramatic European Cup win in 1999 when they beat Bayern Munich with last-minute strikes.

In total, he scored 85 goals and garnered accolades including six Premier League titles and domestic cup wins as a soccer professional, before ending his playing career in the past decade. Alongside his football career, he has supported a number of charity causes, including acting as a goodwill ambassador for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef since 2005.

David Beckham, accompanied by his spouse, after receiving his knighthood at an honors event at the royal venue.

Charitable and Other Roles

Last year, the sports star, who has referred to himself as a “huge royalist”, was appointed an official representative for the royal educational charity, an educational charity established by the monarch in 1990. In the late nineties he was declared top fashion icon by a leading publication and he has posed for companies such as H&M, Armani, and the luxury label.

David married his wife Victoria in 1999 and the couple have a family of four kids together – their eldest, Romeo, Cruz, and their daughter.