Amid his growing friendship with King Charles, David Beckham is set to receive a knighthood in the King’s latest birthday honors list—thereby making David’s wife, Victoria, Lady Beckham.
After first being nominated for knighthood in 2011 (according to People), it seems it’s all finally happening for the soccer legend. A lifelong royalist, this isn’t David’s first brush with British honors—as far back as 2003, he was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire). In being granted a knighthood by Charles, David will be awarded for his soccer career and his contribution to British society, according to the BBC.
There have been hints of David’s impending knighthood over the past year—David was named an ambassador to The King’s Foundation in 2024; he and Victoria attended a dinner at Highgrove, the King’s country home, back in February of this year; and just last month, he was heard telling the King and Queen Camilla thank you for his 50th birthday gift.
“I’m excited to be working with The King’s Foundation and to have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the charity’s work,” David said in a statement at the time of his appointment. “I’ve always been keen to help young people to expand their horizons, and I’m particularly looking forward to supporting the Foundation’s education programs and its efforts to ensure young people have greater access to nature.”
David’s appointment ends “years of speculation about whether he would be knighted,” The Telegraph reported. In addition to their other numerous appearances supporting the royal family—including David queuing for hours along with the general public to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth after her death in 2022—David and Victoria attended a state dinner at Buckingham Palace late last year, and Kate Middleton recently (and poignantly) wore a Victoria Beckham design to an event put on by the British Fashion Council.
The Beckhams’ royal connections are deep enough that they attended the royal weddings of both Prince William and Kate in 2011 and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018.
