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Arise, Sir David Beckham
Published 8 months, 3 weeks ago
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On Friday it was announced that David Beckham was to receive his knighthood – the fruits of a campaign for the honour that started more than a decade ago. So why now? And what does it say about the UK’s honours system – and its class system – that it took so long? Longtime Beckham watcher Zoe Williams speaks to Helen Pidd