Romeo Beckham confirms dad David's new name after knighthood

Romeo Beckham has shared that he has updated his dad's name in his phone in a sweet nod to the footballing legend's recent knighthood. Former England captain David Beckham was knighted for his services to sport and charity at Windsor Castle in front of his wife, Victoria, and his parents on Tuesday.

Since then, many of his friends and family have shown their support and congratulated him, but his especially proud second-eldest son, Romeo, 23, took to Instagram to share his new name for his dad. Sharing a screenshot of his phone contacts to Instagram Stories, the young man had lovingly updated David's name to "Sir Dad". He captioned the post as he wrote: "There we go @davidbeckham". After years of missing out, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star was finally selected in the King's Birthday Honours list this year. The 50-year-old, who has described himself as a 'huge royalist', was awarded an OBE in 2003 but had repeatedly missed out on a knighthood in the past before he was informed back in the summer.

He said at the time that he was 'immensely proud' and revealed that his wife had been reduced to tears after discovering that he had been approached by the King.

Speaking after being knighted, Beckham told the PA news agency: "He [the King] 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. I looked at old pictures of him when he was quite young in morning suits and I was like, OK, that's what I want to wear, so I gave it to my wife and she did it."

He added: "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." He went on to say that it was his "proudest moment".

While David was pictured with his family, including his children Romeo, Cruz and Harper, one of his sons was nowhere to be seen. It is believed that 26-year-old Brooklyn, who is the eldest child of David and Victoria Beckham, is believed to be embroiled in an ongoing family feud alongside his wife, Nicola Peltz.

While the rest of the Beckham family publicly rejoiced over the news, Brooklyn chose to stay quiet.