Like many other celebrities from all walks of life in Britain, the former England and Manchester United superstar also participated in the controversial Ingenious Media project. The most practical help for such celebrities is to help them reduce their personal tax obligations. The HMRC naturally regards the plan as an important inspection focus when they investigate and review the personal tax situation of the former British football heartthrob. As an inevitable sensitive tax avoidance link for British celebrities, the Ingenious Media plan is often regarded as a good tool for them to use, which is also the process of Beckham's award in the future. It has had a great negative impact. After the British Customs and Excise Department put about 1, people who participated in the program into the red list, any respondents who did not leave the red list could not get any medals of honor from the British royal family.
The Sun, which has always been well versed in getting gossip from British stars, later quoted their so-called insiders as saying that the Beckhams didn't know about it. "Like many celebrities involved in the Ingenious Media project, David knew nothing about what happened at that time. His team took the initiative to contact HMRC for the first time almost two years ago, when David separated his business and finally solved it all this year once and for all. " The next step is to clarify the above facts and evidence to the authorities, and what Beckham, the heartthrob, has done is to successfully turn himself from the red list to green and get rid of the extremely unfavorable punishment of "not being awarded the knighthood". After all, according to the former England captain's contribution to the national team and Manchester United club in his past career, it was speculated that the heartthrob would be awarded a title for his outstanding contribution to the 212 London Olympic Games not long after Beckham retired, but the British royal family had a completely different view on this, and Beckham was too late to wait for the day when Her Majesty the Queen sealed him.
In Britain, the granting of titles can be divided into seven levels, and nobles and civilians are also divided into two different parts. In addition to the British royal family, nobles are divided into five categories: Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron, plus two titles: Baron and Knight, which belong to civilians rather than nobles.
Generally speaking, nobles can be hereditary, but according to the Appeal Trial Act of 1876 and the Life-long Aristocratic Act of 1958, life-long aristocrats (only barons) cannot be hereditary, while quasi-barons who belong to civilians can be hereditary; Lord knight can't inherit, and the glory is limited to his own life, and his children can't continue to enjoy it. In addition, after the aristocratic act of 1963 was passed, women were able to inherit the power of the Lord. In addition, the hereditary duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and the Lord-Baron, who is the highest rank that civilians can win, is a real aristocrat for every British citizen who has any of the above titles, and the winners of various honours can only be regarded as quasi-aristocrats.
For example, Andy Murray, a British tennis superstar, was officially awarded the Knighthood by the Queen of England. The word "Sir" can be added after his name, and the title should be written as Sir Andy Murray to show his respect. Nowadays, the Queen of England has a fixed time to award knighthood twice a year, one is New Year's Day, and the other will be arranged on the Queen's birthday. The aforementioned British tennis superstar, Andy Murray, was officially awarded the knighthood by the Queen of England and became the youngest knight in British history at that time.
However, some people are eager for such aristocratic status, and some people will sneer at it. It is reported that in the past half century, nearly 5 people in Britain refused to accept the Lord of the British royal family.
As for the specific reasons, there are various reasons, but there is a kind of voice that has gradually become the majority in society, that is, those who refuse to be sealed. Many of them think that these so-called titles are inevitably tainted with copper odor, and many British celebrities and rich people have not made any outstanding contributions to the country, and they have been awarded titles just because they have donated money to the ruling party. Guram, a British millionaire, was knighted for donating 1, pounds to the Labour Party, which caused a lot of controversy in public opinion.
As the former captain of England's national team, Beckham has numerous fans in Britain and even the whole world, and is deeply loved by fans. It is rumored that ten years ago, the British royal family actually considered awarding a medal to Beckham. However, at the critical moment, as mentioned earlier, the British State Administration of Taxation filed a lawsuit against Beckham about his tax evasion, which directly led to the suspension of the award of honours by heartthrobs. After all, any respondent listed in the red list could not be awarded the British Royal Medal of Honor.
whether for a status symbol or family honor, Beckham did not give up the pursuit of the title after being listed on the red list. As the image ambassador of UNICEF since 25, Beckham initiated a project called "7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund" (No.7: Beckham UNICEF) with UNICEF and UNICEF in 15 years.
The number 7, hereinafter referred to as "No.7 Fund", is also derived from his favorite jersey number when he was a player. This foundation has launched many public welfare projects to help children all over the world. In addition, with Beckham's more and more significant influence in the global charity field, including in the previous 13 years, when Beckham joined Bali, he donated all his salary during this period to the local children's charity in Paris. As the global ambassador of UNICEF, he traveled all over the world, caring for vulnerable children and raising up to 5 million pounds for charity.
Therefore, the management team behind Beckham immediately contacted the tax authorities, explained all the questions raised by the other side and appealed to the relevant departments. It is reported that according to the statement that the tax authorities accused David Beckham of tax evasion, David Beckham hired a large number of professionals to carry out tax liquidation and appeal for him. After ten years of struggle, David Beckham finally successfully divorced from the red list again, which solved the problem and won the appeal to the tax authorities. According to reports, after being upgraded to green after many inspections, Beckham finally regained the qualification of being awarded a knighthood.
In the process of "changing from red to green", in view of Beckham's great attention to charity activities for many years, by the end of 221, he had re-established good relations with many powerful bosses, including Prince William, and it was their testimony that played an extremely important role in the examination and approval of Beckham's honours qualification. As for those charities that have cooperated with heartthrobs, Beckham is also full of praise. "David has been a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF for the past 18 years and has worked tirelessly for children for a long time.
In addition, Andrew, a Conservative MP in British politics, also said, "As a person who used to be very critical of football players, I actually think David Beckham should have been knighted a long time ago. I congratulate him! " Hannah Ingram-Moore, co-founder of Captain Tom Foundation, also congratulated Beckham. "We are very happy that David finally got the knighthood-he deserved it. We will never forget the kindness and support of David and his family to my late father and our family."
"I will walk till the water checks my path then sit and watch the rising clouds", whether we call the former Manchester United No.7 David Beckham or Sir David Beckham in the future, is just another choice for ordinary fans to call us childhood football idols on different occasions. After all, as the captain of the national team who led England to the World Cup by himself, David Beckham has proved himself with practical actions on the court. As his predecessors, English players, including Sir jeff hearst, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir trevor brooking and Sir Stanley Matthews, were awarded knighthood because of their outstanding contributions to the national team. Former England teammate Terry also stood up and called for support for Beckham, saying on his personal Twitter, "It's time for this man to get knighthood."