{"id":2136497,"date":"2025-11-05T09:27:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2136497"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:27:48","slug":"newly-knighted-david-beckham-now-has-an-official-royal-title-and-so-does-wife-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/newly-knighted-david-beckham-now-has-an-official-royal-title-and-so-does-wife-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly-Knighted David Beckham Now Has an Official Royal Title \u2014 and So Does Wife Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/david-beckham-reacts-knighthood-fractured-212024588.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:David Beckham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><b>David Beckham<\/b><\/a> is officially a knight!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The retired British soccer pro, who is married to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/victoria-beckham-addresses-david-beckham-142632472.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Victoria Beckham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><b>Victoria Beckham<\/b><\/a>, 51, was knighted by <b>King Charles<\/b>, 76, on November 4. The couple\u2019s new titles are \u201cSir Beckham\u201d and \u201cLady Beckham,\u201d according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/david-beckham-officially-knighted-by-king-charles-11841538\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><i>People<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cArise, Sir David Beckham,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1985708453738815640?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:read a message;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">read a message<\/a> on the official X account for The Royal Family alongside a video of the exciting moment. \u201cThe King presented Sir David Beckham with a Knighthood for Services to Sport and to Charity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the video, Beckham kneeled in front of His Majesty at Windsor Castle during \u201cthe ceremonial dubbing of the knight\u201d according to the website of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/knighthoods-and-damehoods\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Royal Family;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Royal Family<\/a>, noting that the act is \u201cOne of the highest honours in the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidbeckham.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:David is an ambassador;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">David is an ambassador<\/a> for The King\u2019s Foundation and works with UNICEF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI can\u2019t even begin to describe what a special day it is for me today, a boy born in East London, to receive a Knighthood from His Majesty The King,\u201d David wrote on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQo7QYPCIQh\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, dedicating the award to his parents and grandparents, along with his \u201cbeautiful wife\u201d\u00a0 Victoria, \u201cwho has been by my side for the last 28 years, who has been my biggest supporter and my shoulder to cry on in tough times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added, \u201cWithout her I wouldn\u2019t have had the life I have had.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute 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the four children he shares with Victoria: Sons <b>Brooklyn<\/b>, 26, <b>Romeo<\/b>, 23, <b>Cruz<\/b>, 20, and daughter <b>Harper<\/b>, 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey are our greatest joy in life and my inspiration every single day,\u201d David added. \u201cI love you all so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beckham isn\u2019t the first famous face to be given the honors: Celebrities including <b>Idris Elba, <\/b>53, <b>Michael Caine, <\/b>92, and <b>Anthony Hopkins, <\/b>87, are also Knights, while<b> Helen Mirren, <\/b>80, <b>Julie Andrews,<\/b> 90, and <b>Emma Thompson,<\/b> 66, are Dames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/newly-knighted-david-beckham-now-has-an-official-royal-title-and-so-does-wife-victoria\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Newly-Knighted David Beckham Now Has an Official 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Add <i>Star<\/i> as a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=starmagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Beckham is officially a knight! The retired British soccer pro, who is married to Victoria Beckham, 51, was knighted by King Charles, 76, on November 4. The couple\u2019s new titles are \u201cSir Beckham\u201d and \u201cLady Beckham,\u201d according to People. \u201cArise, Sir David Beckham,\u201d read a message on the official X account for The Royal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2136498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[34719,183315,407029,29282],"class_list":["post-2136497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-david-beckham","tag-king-charles","tag-sir-beckham","tag-victoria-beckham"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Newly-Knighted-David-Beckham-Now-Has-an-Official-Royal-Title-\u2014.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2136499,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136497\/revisions\/2136499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2136498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}