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Fans of the sustainability-focused charity the King\u2019s Foundation are abuzz this weekend, after retired soccer nice David Beckham<\/a> was introduced as its newest ambassador. All it took was a royal dialog concerning the birds and the bees.<\/p>\n Beckham, whose spouse Victoria Beckham<\/strong><\/a> has transitioned from Spice Girls stardom<\/a> to life as a well-respected dressmaker<\/a>, retired as a participant in 2013. Since then, he is dabbled in crew possession, gotten extra tattoos<\/a>, and filmed himself doing partially clothed push-ups<\/a>. As documented on his Instagram account, he is additionally grow to be a little bit of of a beekeeper<\/a>.<\/p>\n The athlete is assured sufficient in his bee care duties that at a meet and greet final 12 months<\/a>, David Beckham offered King Charles III<\/strong> with a pot of homegrown honey. \u201cI made some honey for you. It comes from my bees in Oxfordshire,\u201d mentioned the footballer to the King.<\/p>\n \u201cReally?\u201d Charles responded \u201cWell, I\u2019ll have to swap it with the one that I do.\u201d<\/p>\n That’s proper, the King additionally makes his personal honey, as he tends the bees at at his Highgrove House nation house in Tetbury. According to<\/a> the royal household’s official web site, Clarence House can also be house to 2 beehives, and Buckingham Palace boasts 4. (You may recall these colonies from the headlines of fall, 2022, when palace beekeeper John Chapple<\/strong> knowledgeable each teams<\/a> that Queen Elizabeth II had died.)<\/p>\n One wonders if final 12 months’s honey swap created a sticky bond between the 2, advert the pair got here collectively once more final month at Highgrove Gardens, an announcement from the King’s Foundation reads. After Beckham noticed \u201cfirst-hand the charity\u2019s impactful education programmes that take place at specialist workshops on site,\u201d the athlete determined to companion with Charles’s charity, which seeks to battle the local weather and pure useful resource disaster via training and coaching.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited to be working with The King\u2019s Foundation and to have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the charity\u2019s work,” Beckham said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve always been keen to help young people to expand their horizons and I\u2019m particularly looking forward to supporting the Foundation\u2019s education programmes and its efforts to ensure young people have greater access to nature.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHaving developed a love for the countryside I\u2019m also on a personal mission to learn more about rural skills which is so central to the Foundation\u2019s work. It was inspiring to hear from The King about the work of His Majesty\u2019s Foundation during my recent visit to Highgrove Gardens \u2013 and compare beekeeping tips!\u201d<\/p>\n Beckham is actively hoping to be supplied a knighthood, studies the Mirror<\/em><\/a>, so an appointment like this might assist transfer that aspiration ahead. Meanwhile, an affiliation with the celeb may assist rehab the King\u2019s Foundation’s picture after a 2021 \u201ccash-for-access\u201d scandal<\/a>. According to a report by the Guardian<\/em>, a consultant of the group\u2014then referred to as The Prince\u2019s Foundation\u2014was providing dinners with Charles in alternate for hefty donations. Charles was reportedly unaware of the alleged scheme, and after an investigation, Metropolitan police declined to take motion.<\/p>\n This weekend’s announcement provides The King’s Foundation to Beckham’s already-long listing of promotional partnerships. The celeb was additionally introduced as the worldwide ambassador<\/a> for Alibaba-owned e-commerce platform AliExpress final week. According to the Guardian<\/em><\/a>, \u201cHe is also an ambassador for Tudor watches, Tempur mattresses, Unicef, and Nespresso coffee machines, and he also fronts a Walkers crisps ad.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n