David Beckham has made no secret of the fact he'd love a knighthood - both publicly and privately. The former England captain's quest to become Sir David Beckham has seen the dad-of-four put in the hours when it comes to serving the monarchy - evening spending a whopping 13 hours queueing to view Queen Elizabeth II's coffins following her death in September 2022. But it seems like the Manchester United legend's past is still haunting him, with the 49-year-old snubbed by King Charles in the 2024 New Year honours - with even Sir Rod Stewart recently poking fun at David's lack of honorary title.

Despite being cleared from the Ingenious tax avoidance scheme in 2013, and making a roaring comeback in 2022 recommendations list, David's prospects for knighthood might still take a hit due to his leaked emails in 2017. The leaks exposed his bitterness towards the honours committee where he labelled them as "unappreciative c***s" and expressed his lack of enthusiasm for being knighted by stating: "I expected nothing less. It's a disgrace to be honest and if I was American I would of got something like this 10 years ago.

" He also appeared disgruntled about the honour bestowed on Welsh crooner Katherine Jenkins in 2014, irately asking: "For what? Singing at the rugby and going to see the troops." At the time, David's pals claimed the fiery messages were issued "in the heat of the moment" as a reaction to him being snubbed for a knighthood - and that some were in fact "doctored". David, wh.