Overview
- Beckham received the knighthood for services to sport and charity, with Victoria Beckham now styled Lady Beckham following the investiture.
- The former England captain was included in King Charles' Birthday Honours list in June 2025 after previously receiving an OBE in 2003.
- Coverage cites Beckham’s long-standing charity work, including two decades as a UNICEF ambassador, contributions to London 2012, and recent involvement with The King’s Foundation.
- Multiple outlets report that leaked 2017 emails, said to have been sent to PR adviser Simon Oliveira and disparaging of the honours process, were linked to the collapse of a 2022 knighthood clearance.
- Beckham’s representative rejects those reports as misleading and based on hacked or doctored material, and no official record has authenticated the leaked messages.