Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? King Charles Is Apparently Having David Beckham Over to Discuss Working Together
It's not totally out of left field: Beckham has long been an outspoken royalist.


David and Victoria Beckham were such friends of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that they were on the guest list for Harry and Meghan’s 2018 wedding—but, if you believe the tabloids, the two couples have grown distant as of late. Who knows if Harry and Meghan will be having David and Victoria to dinner anytime soon, but another royal appears to be doing just that: multiple outlets report that David has accepted a dinner invitation to speak to King Charles about becoming a celebrity ambassador for a royal charity.
Beckham, according to The Sun, “is being wooed in the hope he can sprinkle a little stardust on The Prince’s Foundation, which provides skills training to youngsters.” A source told the outlet “It’s an open secret that David wants a knighthood one day, and many people have questioned why he isn’t a Sir after all he’s done.” They added linking up with Charles will certainly help; David was made an OBE for his football career 20 years ago, while Victoria received the same honor in 2017 for her work in fashion. (OBE is part of the U.K. Honours System and stands for Officer of the Order of the British Empire; it is given for distinguished service in a given field.)
The Beckhams at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The Beckhams at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The meeting between the King and David will likely take place in Scotland at the Foundation’s home base, Dumfries House.
“The King wants to suss out whether he and David can work together and explore potential projects and find out if they share any common ground,” they said.
Here’s at least one commonality: an affinity for the late Queen Elizabeth. If you’ll remember, David queued for hours to pay his respects to Her late Majesty in the days before her funeral in September 2022 as she lay in state and has long described himself as a royalist.
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Rachel Burchfield is a writer, editor, and podcaster whose primary interests are fashion and beauty, society and culture, and, most especially, the British Royal Family and other royal families around the world. She serves as Marie Claire’s Senior Celebrity and Royals Editor and has also contributed to publications like Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, People, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and W, among others. Before taking on her current role with Marie Claire, Rachel served as its Weekend Editor and later Royals Editor. She is the cohost of Podcast Royal, a show that was named a top five royal podcast by The New York Times. A voracious reader and lover of books, Rachel also hosts I’d Rather Be Reading, which spotlights the best current nonfiction books hitting the market and interviews the authors of them. Rachel frequently appears as a media commentator, and she or her work has appeared on outlets like NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, and more.
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