To not agree with David Beckham being knighted

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Those two are so full of their own self importance already. A knighthood will make them even worse. Absolute publicity seeking pains. They've been angling for this for years.

I’ve heard their charity is amazing

If MN is against it then I’m all for it.

So? Very commendable, How does that worthy behaviour contribute towards a knighthood?

Beckham has been in line for a knighthood for more than a decade after playing more than 100 times for England

I think I'd feel a bit embarrassed if I'd played football for my country 100 times but never managed to help them bag any silverware or even get to a major final.

Surely the womens team, who achieved both of those feats should be mostly made up of Dames now.

And people justifying him deserving it because he queued nicely to pay respect to the queen is hilarious. A good friend of mine did the same thing, she's yet to even receive a MBE but I'll tell her to keep an eye out for it arriving in the post now!

As long as she realises it is Lady Beckham and not Lady Victoria Beckham, which she was reported to have said a few years ago when the possibility of David being knighted was brought up.

I do think that's dismissive of the sporting profile he has - but I've seen you use that sneering term before.

I'm not a fan of the honours system but I'd much rather he got a knighthood than some of the politicians who've received one.

So many non sequiturs on this thread.

Of course being a professional athlete is hard work.

What a profoundly ignorant opinion.

Their own children don’t exactly reflect that, do they?

But...if they did give out honours for 'Moaning on Mumsnet' OP would be a shoo-in. No question.

It is when you reach the top and stay there through yout efforts. UNICEF and charity works require effort too

...but but..tax 😅

Threads like this really brings out the lowest common denominator. It's so predictably depressing....

The women’s team is too busy throwing their toys out of the pram.

What stupid snobbery

I can think of many worse recipients so I can’t say I’m bothered , should probably do away with the honours system anyway .

the whole knighthood circus is a farce and should be abolished.

Every rich person avoids tax (legally)if he possibly can.

The whole honours system needs reviewing. Knighthoods should only be given for exceptional long term contributions to society. Winning gold medals at the Olympics is very good but don’t warrant a knight or Damehood imo. Neither do ostentatious acts of publicised charity, brown nosing those in high places or someone’s pathetic desperation to be knighted . Very few actually deserve them. Many should be recognised for their achievements, whether sporting or charitable, but the bar needs setting much higher for a knighthood.

Nearly everyone who gets knighted has bought it is some way. Who want to be on the same club as Jimmy Savil?

He's played for his country, done a lot for the British Olympic group, no doubt does much other good work that we don't know about.
She's talentless but made lots of money because people buy her stuff ... not sure why, wannabes likely.

Indeed.

The whole honours system is a complete nonsense, of course. As pp have pointed out, some people get honours (include knight and damehoods) simply for doing their jobs.

It's not snobbery, it's being accurate.

David Bowie and Danny Boyle both declined knighthoods. David Beckham however is desperate for one.

Never mind, he could have caused the death of many innocent civilians and soldiers. All this frothing about an ex footballer receiving a knighthood. Remember Sir Geoff Hurst.