It was a moment David Beckham had been awaiting for a very long time. At Windsor Castle on Tuesday morning, King Charles finally made him Sir David.

Under the vaulted ceilings of the Garter throne room, Beckham bent one knee and dipped his famously well-coiffed head as the King touched each shoulder with the ceremonial sword.

Victoria Beckham (who made his suit) and his parents, Sandra and Ted, looked on from the sidelines.

Beckham, 50, first became an Officer of the British Empire in 2003. Since then he has turned himself into a global statesman of soft power—a UNICEF ambassador and, most recently, a court favorite of the new King.

The ceremony on Tuesday was the culmination of a 14-year odyssey. First nominated for a knighthood in 2011, Beckham was quietly blacklisted after becomi

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