{"id":119738,"date":"2025-06-15T18:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119738"},"modified":"2025-06-15T18:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:04:42","slug":"football-legend-beckham-knighted-by-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/football-legend-beckham-knighted-by-king-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Football legend, Beckham Knighted by King Charles\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo, Abuja<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Legendary English footballer, David Beckham has been awarded the\u00a0 knighthood by King Charles III in the monarch\u2019s 2025 Birthday Honours List, officially earning the title &#8220;Sir&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The long-anticipated recognition celebrates Beckham\u2019s exceptional and trail blazing contributions to football and his extensive charitable works spanning decades.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The announcement, made today, June 14, marks a significant moment in Beckham\u2019s career and public life.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is widely considered one of England\u2019s most\u00a0 celebrated athletes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 50-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder has also earned praises\u00a0 for his role as a global ambassador for sport and his unrivalled support for humanitarian causes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beckham, in his playing days won 115 caps for England and captained the national team in major tournaments, and he\u00a0 has remained an influential figure in football through his work with Inter Miami CF and global sporting organizations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Off the pitch, the former England captain has worked with UNICEF for nearly two decades and was recently appointed an ambassador of The King\u2019s Foundation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His wife, fashion designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, will now be entitled to use the courtesy title &#8220;Lady&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The official knighthood investiture ceremony, during which King Charles will formally confer the title is expected to take place later this year.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beckham joins a distinguished list of honourees in this year\u2019s Birthday Honours, including Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, rugby legend Billy Boston,\u00a0 Frontman Roger Daltrey, and teenage darts prodigy Luke Littler, who was awarded an MBE.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The King\u2019s Birthday Honours list for 2025, published in the London Gazette, recognises more than 1,200 individuals across various fields for their service to the United Kingdom , the Commonwealth and humanity.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beckham is happy. He appreciates the king and said it&#8217;s a great privilege to have played for his country . The legend was an attacking mid fielder and Captained the England National team.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;To have played for my country was the\u00a0 greatest privilege of my football career and literally my boyhood dream come true. God bless the king.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congratulatory messages have been pouring in from across the world for one of\u00a0 England&#8217;s all time best. From the sports desk of Pointblank News.com, we echoe our Congratulations to Sir. 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