Arise, Sir Goldenballs. If the press reports are to be believed, then next week David Beckham will finally become Sir David in the King’s birthday honours, which in turn will mean that his wife will become Lady Victoria Beckham. Once, when she was best known for being the pop songstress Posh Spice and he was most famous for being an unusually petulant Man United footballer, this would have seemed like a ridiculous state of affairs, pandering to celebrity at its most naked and obvious. It may be a sign of how Britain, rather than the Beckhams, has changed over the intervening decades that the only observation that many might have about the award is why it has taken so long to be bestowed.

Despite his fame, wealth and good looks, there has always been a faint ridiculousness to him

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