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Footballer David Beckham receives knighthood · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: Former England captain s David Beckham has been knighted by
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  Speaker 1: the King at When's the Castle football start, honored for
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  Speaker 1: his services to sport and charity. He's fifty years old,
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  Speaker 1: now named on King Charles's Birthday honors list. Earlier this year,
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  Speaker 1: knighted Edwin's A Council. As I mentioned, and then he
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  Speaker 1: spoke to reporters.
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  Speaker 2: You had a good chat in there, we did, we did,
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  Speaker 2: so can you tell us what you were talking about?
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  Speaker 3: Well, actually he was admiring my suit and I actually
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  Speaker 3: said he was the inspiration. Funnily enough, I looked at
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  Speaker 3: old pictures of him in his younger years and because
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  Speaker 3: I know how elegant he dresses, and I just thought
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  Speaker 3: it was quite important for me to get it right.
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  Speaker 3: And my wife made the suit, so I was very lucky.
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  Speaker 1: Many many congratulations. I have to ask what the fourteen
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  Speaker 1: year olds.
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  Speaker 3: Are the man you would make up all the Oh
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  Speaker 3: my goodness, I've held it together up until now, so
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  Speaker 3: that question is quite a difficult one. But I think
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  Speaker 3: that you know, being an East London boy, you know,
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  Speaker 3: growing up in Leytonstone, moving to Manchester and now stood
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  Speaker 3: here at Windsor Castle with his Majesty the King giving
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  Speaker 3: me a knighthood is something that I could never have
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  Speaker 3: imagined happening to me. You know, my dream as a
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  Speaker 3: young boy was always to become a professional footballer, played
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  Speaker 3: for Manchester United and represent my country, and luckily enough
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  Speaker 3: I got to do that. But you know, everything else
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  Speaker 3: that has come with, you know, my career and what
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  Speaker 3: I've done, and obviously the philanthropic work that I do.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think that that's what's special about today.
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  Speaker 3: It's not just because of my sport. It's because of
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  Speaker 3: the film tropic work that I've done from a very
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  Speaker 3: early age. I think I was talking about it last
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  Speaker 3: night with my parents that I think I started, you know,
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  Speaker 3: charity work when I was fifteen sixteen at Manchester United,
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  Speaker 3: and then obviously went on to you know, become unis
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  Speaker 3: F Ambassador and working for the Royal Foundation and you know,
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  Speaker 3: the King's Founder and Malaria No More and the Armed Forces.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, I've been very lucky to work for
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  Speaker 3: very important charities around the world. And you know, I
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  Speaker 3: think one of the things that I recognized when I
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  Speaker 3: was very young is, you know, because I had a
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  Speaker 3: successful career, I was able to implement change with the
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  Speaker 3: things that I said and the things that I got
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  Speaker 3: involved in, and I think that's why the charity work
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  Speaker 3: that I do is so important to me. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: the fourteen year old boy from East London standing here
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  Speaker 3: in the castle was with His Majesty the King. It's
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  Speaker 3: a very proud moment for me and my family.
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  Speaker 2: You grew up in a family that adored the Royal family,
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  Speaker 2: so how special for you to have your parents here
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  Speaker 2: as well today.
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  Speaker 3: I think that obviously. You know, when I was last
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  Speaker 3: on for my OBE, I bought my grandparents and that
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  Speaker 3: was very special because the Royal family I have paid.
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  Speaker 3: I have played a huge role in our family over
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  Speaker 3: the years, and we know how important our Royal Family
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  Speaker 3: is and you know it's the most important institution in
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  Speaker 3: the world and the most respected institution in the world.
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  Speaker 3: So to be stood here today being honored as an
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  Speaker 3: East End boy, you know, and to have done what
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  Speaker 3: I've done and be able to work, you know, with
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  Speaker 3: the charities that I've worked with and played with, the
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  Speaker 3: teams that I've played with, and the players that I've
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  Speaker 3: played with, and the managers that I've played under. And
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  Speaker 3: I also want to I want to thank the British
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  Speaker 3: people as well, because you know, with their support over
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  Speaker 3: the years, it's been it's one of the reasons why
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  Speaker 3: I'm here today, so it's a big moment.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that interview with the David was done by Osball
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  Speaker 1: correspondent Natalie Perks, who joins us now from outside Windsor Castle.
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  Speaker 1: Natalie Sir David seemed so moved, so touched by the
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  Speaker 1: experience today. What else did he say to you? How
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  Speaker 1: was it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think he was hugely emotional. You can hear
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  Speaker 2: it really and what he was saying. He was there
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  Speaker 2: with his dad Ted and his mum Sandra, as well
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  Speaker 2: as Lady Beckham and his dad Ted was a huge
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  Speaker 2: part of his career. He used to take him up
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  Speaker 2: and down to Manchester United all the time to training,
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  Speaker 2: practicing free kicks with him. He's always spoke about his
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  Speaker 2: dad being such a massive part of his life and
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  Speaker 2: I was able to briefly chat to his dad as well.
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  Speaker 2: He was just so proud, just absolutely beaming watching him.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a real family affair today and I
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  Speaker 2: think you know, obviously he was knighted for his work
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  Speaker 2: in football. He is a global football icon, but it's
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  Speaker 2: his work with charity that he's done, particularly over the
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  Speaker 2: last twenty years, that has really earned him this honor.
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  Speaker 2: He's been working with UNICEF particularly for around twenty years.
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  Speaker 2: He's now an ambassador for the King's Foundation. The pair
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  Speaker 2: had a really lovely chat today. You could see they
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  Speaker 2: really enjoyed each other's company. We know they've been swapping
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  Speaker 2: bee keeping tips because Sir David has an estate in
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  Speaker 2: the Cotswolds where he makes his own honey from his
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  Speaker 2: bees and they have a mutual love of the countryside.
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  Speaker 2: So that's something that has bonded the pair of them.
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  Speaker 2: But it's most certainly his football work that's made him
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  Speaker 2: what he is in terms of culturally, but it's his
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  Speaker 2: work with charities that has elevated him this status today
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  Speaker 2: that he's clearly so proud of.
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  Speaker 1: And what then is his status within the game now, Natalie.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he did talk a lot about his charity
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  Speaker 1: work and there has been the focus today. But within
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  Speaker 1: the world of football, where does he stand at the moment?
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  Speaker 2: Well, of course he's played for some absolutely huge iconic
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  Speaker 2: teams Manchester United, Real, Madrid, PSG, Paris SN Shaman, where
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  Speaker 2: he ended his career at the age of thirty eight
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  Speaker 2: in twenty thirteen. So we still think of Beckham, Sir
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  Speaker 2: David Beckham, as the person who made that amazing free kick,
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  Speaker 2: not free kick but shot from the halfway line for
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  Speaker 2: Manchester United. We think of him as well as some
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  Speaker 2: iconic moments that the free kick that saved England when
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  Speaker 2: they were playing Greece and all of those things. But
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  Speaker 2: it has been a long time since he retired and
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  Speaker 2: since then he's done a lot of philanthropy, as we've
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  Speaker 2: spoken about, but he's also the co owner of two
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  Speaker 2: football clubs, one of them Into Miami, have a huge
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  Speaker 2: game at the weekend in the MLS playoffs and no
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  Speaker 2: doubt he'll be back there. He's also a fashion icon.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a wife, of course, he's got a fashion business,
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  Speaker 2: so he really has his fingers in lots of pies.
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  Speaker 2: But really today, as he celebrates now with a lunch
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  Speaker 2: with his family and his kids, it will all be
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  Speaker 2: about reflecting on this moment and just what an honor
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  Speaker 2: it is for someone who loves the monarchy so very
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  Speaker 2: very much.