Manchester United legend David Beckham shall be given a knighthood in King Charles’ birthday honors record, in accordance with British media stories.
The information, reported by a number of retailers together with the BBC and the Instances, comes after virtually a decade of Beckham lacking out on the nation’s highest honorary title amid a profitable soccer profession and intensive charity work — he has lengthy served as an envoy for Unicef and the King’s Basis.
The honors record is predicted to be introduced subsequent week. Beckham’s spouse, Victoria, will reportedly take the title Girl Beckham.
Beckham earned 115 England caps, together with 59 video games as captain. He stays the one English males’s participant to attain at three totally different World Cups having appeared at each main match for the Three Lions between 1998 and 2006.
He additionally performed a component in serving to London to safe the internet hosting rights to the 2012 Olympic Video games.
Beckham helped United win six Premier League titles, together with famously lifting the treble in 1999. He additionally performed for Actual Madrid throughout their Galacticos period, raised the profile of Main League Soccer by becoming a member of LA Galaxy, and loved spells at AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain earlier than retiring in 2013.
He’s a co-owner of MLS facet Inter Miami, the place he managed to signal a quartet of former Barcelona stars, spearheaded by Lionel Messi.