David Beckham Receives Prestigious Title From King Charles

London (AP) – Sir David, Sir Gary and Sir Roger. And Dame Elaine, Dame Pat and Dame Penny.

Old England football captain David BeckhamOscar -winning actor Gary Oldman And whose front man ROGER DALTEY He was a knight King IIIs Birthday Honor List was published late on Friday.

Famous musical singer Elaine Paige, Booker award -winning novelist Pat Barker and former Conservative Government Minister Penny Mordaunt, a knight’s equivalent of a knight was given.

Honors, aiming to reward individuals for their contributions to British life, are given twice to celebrities and public figures and ordinary people a year: once in the New Year and then to celebrate the King’s birthday.

The winners are selected by civil servants based on the candidacy of the government and the public. Awards are usually given by a senior royal acting on the spot at the King or Buckingham Palace.

Beckham50 was expected to be a knight after speculation based on his speech with the ruler at Chelsea Flower Show last week.

Beckham has played 115 times, including Britain 59 times, as well as for some of the most respectable clubs in Europe, most importantly Manchester United And real Madrid.

The UN’s Children’s Fund is a knight for sports and charity services that campaign with a charity institution that works jointly with UNICEF and runs to eliminate malaria. Beckham also played a very important role in London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

“Growing with parents and grandparents who are patriotic and proud rather than being a British in East London, I could never imagine that I would never have such a humble honor,” he said.

67 -year -old Oldman is known for his drama services both on the screen and on the stage. HE Oscar won He described Winston Churchill in the 2017 film “Darkest Hour” and has recently described dazzling viewers in the Apple TV Spy Thriller series. Slow Jumps. “

Daltrey, who founded WHO in 1964, has been recognized for charity and music services, the boss of Teenage Cancer Trust ,, since 2000.

For more than twenty years, 81 -year -old, led by the concert series of a charity in Royal Albert Hall for more than twenty years, said that he was stumbled with the award.

“This is a real dream for me, but especially a dream because the charity means a lot,” he said.

77 -year -old Paige was honored for his services for charity and music. He played high -level roles in a charity that supports young people with acquired brain damage and young people who support disabled tennis players.

“All these different feelings come to me at once,” he said. “I am proud and grateful and excited and surprised, and that’s why it was too much to get.”

Barker, 82 -year -old Barker, said that he thinks that Damehood is one of the “really angry” tax authorities.

“Nobody makes such a paper quality,” he said. “I still had to read several times before the first paragraph set.”

When the Conservative Party lost his office, Mordaunt said, a year after losing its place in the general elections, it was very nice to be appreciated in this way ”.

52 -year -old Mordaunt saw that the profile of the king in 2023 was increased at the crown ceremony. The former deputy made an unforgettable appearance bearing the “state sword” when his duty was first held by a woman.

In 2014, the sculptor Antony Gormley, who was a knight, was turned into a “friend of honor için for art services for art. The award is one of the most prestigious ones that the ruler can give to citizens in the UK and Commonwealth, because there are only 65 friends at any time.

Introduced by King George V in 1917, the award recognizes people who have made a great contribution to art, science, medicine or government for a long time ”. Among the current members, British environmentalist David Attenborough, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood and the United Kingdom are Sebastian Coe.

Honors do not only reward people in the eyes of the people. More than 1,200 people received honor on the latest list. Women made up 48% of the honored, 11% of the buyers obtained from ethnic minority history.

The oldest recipient, 106 -year -old II, who received the British empire medal for the services of society. World War II was William Irwin.

The youngest was Carmela Chillery-Watson, a 11-year-old disabled campaignist, a member of the British Empire or MBE. Chillery-Watson, LMNA congenital muscle dystrophy, became the youngest buyer of the award because it helps to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for the UK.

Three members of the same family were selected on the same list. Jenna Speirs, her mother, Caroline and Father Duncan, died of a twin brother of Jenna’s twin brother at a 12 -year -old brain tumor, and after Calum’s Kabini, a British Imperial Medal was received to establish a Children’s Cancer aid.

Campaigns who struggled to fight the rise of the knife crime were also recognized. Pooja Kanda, who was killed by a ninja sword near his house, was ordered by the British Empire or a OBE. Alison Madgin, the mother of 18 -year -old Samantha Madgin, who was stabbed to death, was a MBE with her daughter Carly Barrett.