By now, it has become something of a national running joke that David Beckham has had a years-long campaign for his place amongst the knights of the realm. But now it seems the former England captain will receive exactly that in the King's Birthday Honour's List next week.

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David Beckham will finally achieve his life-long dream of receiving a knighthood after it was announced he was included in next week's King's Birthday Honours. It will mean that the football legend will become Sir David Beckham,