Beckham and his knighthood.

[Netcurtainnelly]

Crazy that people who get paid for everything they do, get knighthoods.
The real heroes are the people like the worker on the train on Saturday who put his life on the line to save others.
Have the Beckhams ever done anything brave or heroic?

Thought not. Everything they do is for attention also.😏

We don’t know his reasons for doing it though, unless you know him and he has told you for sure?

Don’t get me wrong I’m not a David Beckham super fan but him having a knighthood really doesn’t affect anything in anyones life, and as other posters have mentioned there are far more celebs who have received honours for much less notable reasons.

Like I said whatever his reasons for his charitable work, he has a knighthood and charities have helped people, win, win

What a petty small minded post. he had a high profile and successful career in sport. He represented his country at the highest level. He does a lot of charity work and promotes GB as a great sporting nation and destination. I think he deserves it. Why do people always want to pull others down - completely baffles me, let people succeed and celebrate it.

@Netcurtainnelly

Yes he could afford to but he didn't have to. I knew about the more high profile things he does but not the smaller charities.
I don't understand the view that rich people can't have altruistic motives.
He hasn't always been wealthy. Many footballers are from working class backgrounds and do huge amount of charitable work because they don't forget where they came from

It’s interesting. On the voluntourist threads where people try and
point out that voluntourism is a method of fundraising that is either worthless or actively harms local communities, people pile in to say ‘no one could be expected to donate a few thousand pounds and spend a couple of weeks of labour without a clear benefit to themselves’. The active harm done by the fundraising model is seen as irrelevant because it raises money.

Here, DB spends years and raises millions that actually helps the recipients it’s supposed to and people are swooning at the idea he might not have purely altruistic motives.

You do realise, this is why charities want Royal patrons? Donate X amount, get to attend a 200 person private cocktail reception with the Princess of Wales, donate Y, get a 20 person private dinner with Prince Charles (as he was then). It’s never that explicit with the RF but it is with other charitable organisations (e.g. the Royal Shakespeare Company has explicit benefits for each level of donation)

It goes right back to people making donations to the church for prayers for their immortal soul.

DB really wanted the knighthood and he was prepared to play the well understood game to get it. Good for him.

Edited to say: And he did a lot of actual charitable work. He probably could have got the same result by providing his name and the cash. He didn’t, he actually did the hands on work.

I think a lot of peoples dislike of Beckham being awarded a knighthood is down to snobbery

Working class boy who has done good and never tried to hide away his background, be something he isn't (unlike so many do often the other way around) and is positively proud of coming from a working class family

You sound sneering, jealous and pathetic.

How embarrassing.

Knighthoods aren't for heroes though, there are other medals for bravery. Knighthoods have traditionally been for those who further enrich the crown or bring glory to Britain.
See Sir Walter Raleigh.

Culturally Christian way of looking at it. Charity work isn’t worthwhile unless you are feeling the right thing when you do it. Other viewpoints exist - that the charity is still worth doing even if you do it for the wrong reasons.

He was a major figure in getting the Olympics for London. He’s a player, in a sporting policy sense.

Of all the things that desperately need changing about the honours system, the fact that Beckham has an honour is not one of them.

I don’t mind him having it, seems like a decent chap to me.

His wife is a knob though.

I'm working class so it's not snobbery on my part.

I don't really care one way or the other but am mindful of when a few years' back he was recorded complaining about how he hadn't been knighted after all the charity work he did - implying there was an ulterior motive behind that work.

Also around the same time he was known to be claiming expenses for charity appearances - rather like Sir Terry Wogan who used to get a big fat fee for hosting Children in Need!

Much of the charitable stuff for celebs is self-serving.

Yes, he was angling for one for years, and was once heard to be exceedingly pissed off when he was left off the honours list.

Agree OP. He's a huge, vain, overpaid twit. I don't think any sports people should get honours. They are recognised enough through their achievements. The system should be reserved for those who give dedicated service to the country.

And anyone can be nominated and considered. I have nominated someone recently who is not at all famous and it is a straightforward process. The hardest bit of getting the letters of recommendation of people as they get busy but it is not difficult.

There are loads of MBEs and OBEs and all those other things given to charity workers, people who helped their community and all kinds of other good works. Normal people. Try reading through the full list next time they publish it.

Bet he can't even ride a horse, or use a lance, sword or shield. Bit of a crap knight really.

Ha ha ha

Okay, David Beckham.

I am not in any way offended by David Beckham receiving an honour.

I am at most of those given to politicians. Sir Gavin Williamson, for example.

The spirit of @Netcurtainnelly post is correct. The honours system, in particular the high profile OBE, MBE, and CBE, are sometimes awarded to people that have had the luxury of an abundance of time and money to facilitate their exemplary acts over time.

Heroes that shoes extreme bravery in facing down a violent attacker, such as Samir Zoutani and Stephen Crean last weekend in the Huntington attacks, should receive formal recognition. I would hope that both of these outstanding fellows receive George Crosses, which are the honours for bravery.

Edit: Autocorrect corrected what it shouldn't have

What a sad little world we live in. Beckham is one of the greatest footballers this country has ever produced. He was, in his prime, one of the greatest footballers the world has ever produced. Why are people so desperate to belittle people's achievements? It smacks of small mindedness and jealousy.

Grow up and give your head a wobble OP, see if you can shake that enormous chip off your shoulder.

What on earth makes you think it's all part of some system that rewards the goodness of the soul?

Also agree you've picked a bad example. Sure lots of people have done things for sport but you're on a hiding to nothing trying to argue he's not had a bigger impact than most.

He may have been knighted today but his next step will be to get Charles to adopt him considering there is a vacancy for a brother 😂

The fact we know he basically did all the UN charity stuff specifically to get a knighthood is a bit gross

Despite all the TV shows, press coverage, gossip and everything else, we don't actually know everything that goes on in his head all the time. We all do things for a mix of reasons, not all altruistic by any stretch. Tons of people do sponsored things for charity because they want to run marathons or whatever. Do you think every young person who does the Duke of Edinburgh awards does it out of a Christ-like urge to do good or because it'll help them get ahead in life? He's come from nothing and done well, let him have his knighthood. He's allowed to want one and to do things to that end, especially good things for others. It's only as gross as the rest of humanity because this is our nature. And I'm not even into Beckham and couldn't give a stuff about knighthoods, but I can see that if anyone gets one, it makes sense for someone like him.

The leaked emails basically confirmed it. So we do know…