Overview

• The former England captain will co-edit the 22 October 2025 issue of Country Life in partnership with Editor-in-Chief Mark Hedges.
• The commemorative edition will feature Beckham’s favourite view, his best-loved recipe and profiles of the craftsmen, women and rural champions who shape his Cotswolds home.
• Since buying a £12 million estate in the Cotswolds in 2016 Beckham has embraced country life through beekeeping, gardening and rearing chickens.
• Beckham joins a line of royal guest editors that includes King Charles, Princess Anne and Queen Camilla.
• His growing ties to the monarchy are reflected in his ambassadorship for The King’s Foundation and reports that he is set to receive a knighthood in the upcoming Birthday Honours.