🔗 Share this article Rise, Sir David Beckham: Football Legend Honoured by the Monarch at Royal Windsor Ceremony The football icon received a honorary title at the historic royal residence on Tuesday. The ex-national team leader, fifty, was one of the individuals accepting honours for his services to sport and philanthropy. In recent months, he stated he was “immensely proud” of being recognised in the King’s birthday honours. Football Career Highlights Beckham first appeared in England's top division for Manchester United in 1995 and was a key member that earned a dramatic Champions League final victory in 1999 when they beat the German giants with last-minute strikes. Overall, he scored 85 goals and collected honours including six Premier League titles and two FA Cups as a footballer, before ending his playing career in the past decade. Alongside his football career, he has backed a number of charity causes, including serving as a charitable representative for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef since 2005. David Beckham, accompanied by his spouse, after being knighted at an investiture ceremony at the royal venue. Philanthropy and Beyond In the previous year, Beckham, who has described himself as a “huge royalist”, was appointed an official representative for the King’s Foundation, an educational charity founded by the monarch in the early nineties. In the late nineties he was named most stylish man of the year by GQ magazine and he has posed for companies such as H&M, the Italian designer, and the luxury label. Beckham married his wife Victoria in the turn of the millennium and the pair have a family of four kids together – their eldest, the second son, the third child, and Harper.