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Becks, Goldenballs and present officially Sir David - shot prima David Beckham has received his knighthood from the King.
After years successful the moving pursuing his OBE successful 2003, the erstwhile England skipper and Manchester United prima has present been honoured for his services to athletics and foundation astatine an investiture ceremonial astatine Windsor Castle.
Sir David's woman Victoria, the Spice Girl turned manner designer, joined him astatine the ceremony, and is present known arsenic Lady Beckham. The mates joined successful 1999 and person 4 children unneurotic - Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.
Sir David, 50, who has described himself arsenic a "huge royalist", was past twelvemonth named an ambassador for the King's Foundation, an acquisition foundation established by Charles successful 1990.
The shot star, who grew up successful northeast London, earned 115 caps playing for England, with 59 of those arsenic captain, and scored 17 goals for his country.
He made his Premier League debut for Manchester United successful 1995 and was portion of the squad that earned a melodramatic Champions League last triumph successful 1999 - erstwhile they bushed Bayern Munich with 2 nail-biting precocious goals.
It was the twelvemonth they famously won the treble, besides taking location the Premier League and FA Cup silverware.
During his clip with the club, Sir David scored 85 goals and collected honours including six Premier League titles and 2 FA Cups, earlier going connected to play for clubs including Real Madrid, AC Milan, LA Galaxy, and Paris Saint-Germain.
He retired from the athletics successful 2013.
Alongside his shot career, helium is besides known for his foundation work, including serving arsenic a goodwill ambassador for humanitarian assistance organisation UNICEF since 2005.
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro and West End performer Dame Elaine Paige were besides among the stars acceptable to beryllium recognised astatine the event.
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