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When David Beckham receives his knighthood, he makes an incredible vow to change the UK.

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Sir David Beckham has vowed to use his knighthood “for the good of the UK” as he received the honour from the King. Friends of the star said he would not “sit idly back” and plans to accelerate his charity work, and “try and make a difference.”

The friend continued, “Some celebrities get a knighthood, and you don’t hear from them again. But David wants to use this incredible honor to promote the causes he supports and raise their profile. He is determined to return the UK.

The football star, 50, who was recognised for his services to sport and charity in a ceremony at Windsor Castle, has described accepting the honour as the “proudest moment” of his career. Sir David has supported a number of charity causes, including serving as a goodwill ambassador for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef since 2005.

He was appointed an ambassador for The King’s Foundation, a 1990-founded educational organization, last year. And he remarked about his charitable work after the ceremony, which included his wife Lady Victoria and his parents: “All the things I do, I do, I do out of love.”

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“I don’t do it because I have to do it, I don’t because I have to because I have to do it,” said Sir David. My work, in my opinion, will never end. My job is enjoyable. I was raised with the right values to respect people, and that will continue.

When he was awarded the knighthood, the former England captain donned a grey three-piece suit made by his wife. Lady Victoria accompanied him while wearing a pointed-toed, ruched navy Bela Midi dress from her own collection.

The pair smiled together for photographs in the courtyard with Lady Victoria looking up proudly at her husband before posing with his parents, Ted and Sandra Beckham.

Asked whether he managed to speak to Charles during the ceremony, Sir David said: “He was quite impressed with my suit. “He’s kind of the most elegantly dressed man that I know, so he inspired quite a few of my looks over the years and he definitely inspired this look. It was something that my wife made me.

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When I looked at old photos of him wearing morning suits when he was a young man, I said, “OK, that’s what I want to wear,” so I gave it to my wife, and she did. He claimed that he had always been a huge fan of the monarchy and that he had “always felt emotional about the knighthood” since he was recognized in the King’s Birthday Honours earlier this year.

“I’ve been very obviously lucky in my career to have won what I’ve won and done what I’ve done but to receive an honour like this, of a knight, is beyond anything that I ever thought that I would receive,” Sir David said. “To be honest, a young boy from the east end of London, born in Leytonstone, and here at Windsor Castle, being honoured by His Majesty the King – the most important and the most respected institution in the world – it’s quite a moment. This is without doubt my proudest moment.” He added that it was a “huge honour” to be recognised for both his sporting career and for the philanthropic work he has done since he was “probably 17”.

Sir David said that when he first described his drive, he soon realized how important it was for people to listen to him and how that aided in the development of charities. People listen to me, “he said,” and I believe that is primarily due to the careers I’ve had, the teams I’ve played for, the victories I’ve won, and the respect I’ve earned throughout my career. And I believe it to be a very useful tool for charitable work. I quickly realized that through things I said and things I got involved in, and I think that’s why it’s so important to me.

Sir David married his wife Victoria in 1999 and the couple share four children together – Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper. Yesterday Romeo paid tribute on social media to his father. He said: “No-one deserves this more than you, love you so much…congrats Sir dad.”Sir David made his Premier League debut for Manchester United in 1995 and was part of the team that earned a dramatic Champions League final victory in 1999 when they beat Bayern Munich with two late goals.

Louise Redknapp rose to fame as a member of Eternals in the 1990s, but says she was struggling with a health condition at the height of music career

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Louise Redknapp shot to fame as a member of the girl group Eternals before tying the knot with England midfielder Jamie Redknapp in the 1990s. But during the height of her career she battled a skin condition that doctors said was the “worst they’ve seen in a long time”.

Louise, who turns 51 today, says she was diagnosed with hyperpigmentation as a child. The condition is when areas of the skin darken due to an increase in melanin production.

It can result in dark spots or circles on the body. Louise says her hyperpigmentation was at its worst in her twenties, shortly after she gave birth to her eldest son Charley, who she shares with ex-husband Jamie.

She says she would have self-esteem issues whenever the condition would flare up. Speaking to the ECHO, Louise said: “I said that I looked like I had the world map on my face.

“The pigmentation that I suffered with after having my first child saw one dermatologist say it was the worst they had seen in a really long time. And it really affected my confidence, because on one hand, I was so happy having this gorgeous baby, and on the other hand, I didn’t know what I was going to do with my face.”

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Mum-of-two Louise said confidence issues meant she struggled to live in the moment. She added: “There’s been lots of times in life that maybe being worried about how I looked has held me back from really living in the moment and enjoying things.

“Every moment being on the beach, worrying that somebody might take a picture of you from an unflattering angle. I spent most of my holidays lying flat in the hope that no one would spot me.”

Louise urged anyone else suffering from hyperpigmentation to try and remain positive. She says that while individuals may notice the flare ups, other people may not.

She added: “The things that we think are terrible – blemishes on our face, pigment on our face – people might notice it, but it’s not the first thing they judge you on, and if it is, you don’t want to know them anyway.

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“Trying to keep a positive mental attitude is really tough but just remember that everybody’s fighting their own battles and believe you me, whatever you’re fighting at that time will not beat the forefront of their mind.”

Louise ‘desperately’ trying to ‘survive’

The Let’s Go Round Again singer has previously opened up about a time in her life when she was “struggling” and trying to keep her “head above water”. On Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, Louise revealed she had taken antidepressants to get her “head above the ground”.

However she found they made her gain weight, leaving her “hating” how she looked in pictures. “I always remember like going to…I think it was the BRITS or somewhere, and they’d made me put weight on, and it was the lesser of two evils,” she explained.

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She continued: “For some reason, I put weight on. I was unconfident in how it looked to my body, yet at the same time, I was trying to keep my head above water. I was trying to desperately just survive in the world that we live in.”

Louise says she had wanted to “come out” and talk about how she was “struggling”. She told Fearne she also wanted to say “sorry” that she “wasn’t perfect”.

‘Really bad’ health battle after finding fame

Louise has also spoken about how she suffered with OCD when she was in Eternal. She said she felt it was the “the only thing I could control in my life” during an emotional interview on This Morning in 2020.

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Louise said: “For many years I suffered from OCD in a really big way, looking back I think it most probably came from it being the only thing I could control in my life.

“Going on you do work and start to understand the illness a bit more, but I hope people out there that suffer might realise they’re not alone. I had it really badly. It used to take me 20 minutes to go to bed at night. I’ve come a long way since those days. And it has helped me to write it all down.”

While Louise admits she was “really lucky” to be in the band, she says she now feels like she “could have dealt with things” differently and “maybe not worried so much,” reports MailOnline.

She starred in Eternal alongside Easther and Vernie Bennett as well as Kéllé Bryan. As a four piece, their first album Always and Forever reached number two in the UK chart, selling over four million copies globally.