Just what he will drive down the 405 Freeway to Galaxy practice sessions in Carson each morning is not yet known, but perhaps it will be the Rolls-Royce Phantom that Victoria gave him for a Christmas present in 2005 after he had given her a $2.4-million ruby and diamond necklace from Parisian jeweler Boucheron.
Victoria Beckham exalts in all this attention even more so than her husband, who appears to be in line for further royal honors.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday July 15, 2007 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 68 words Type of Material: Correction
Soccer: In the July 8 Sports section, a profile of David Beckham referred to Sir Bobby Moore. Moore, who was the captain of England's 1966 World Cup-winning team, was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) but not a knighthood. Also, in a list of "power couples" that accompanied the profile, the first name of John McEnroe's wife, Patty Smyth, was misspelled as Patti.
After Spanish newspapers published photographs of Queen Elizabeth presenting Beckham with his OBE, his Real Madrid teammates took delight in teasing him. "They were calling me 'sir,' saying 'your highness' and bowing," Beckham said at the time. "It's been very funny."
According to a spokesman for then-primer minister Tony Blair, Beckham was honored for being "a great ambassador for the country on and off the field." Now, the word around Whitehall is that he might one day be knighted for his charity work, especially with UNICEF, and for his influential role in helping London win the right to stage the 2012 Olympic Games.
If so, the former Posh Spice would be ecstatic.
"I would love that, that would be quite fabulous," she told the BBC last year when the possibility of a knighthood was first raised. "It's just so camp, it's wonderful, isn't it? Lady Victoria ... that would be amazing."
It would also place Beckham on the same pedestal as such other soccer knights as Sir Stanley Matthews, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Geoff Hurst and Sir Bobby Moore.
For the time being, however, Beckham can content himself with just playing the hero, as he did shortly after signing to play with the Galaxy in January, when no less a photographer than Annie Leibovitz shot pictures of him as the dragon-slaying prince from Sleeping Beauty as part of a Disney advertising campaign.
It's all storybook stuff, and even Beckham, when he is not kicking a soccer ball across a patch of sunlit or floodlit grass, must wonder whether he is living in a fantasy world.
If so, he has the required multiple costumes and the "look" to keep the fantasy going. Celebrities live off the energy that camera flashes generate, and the paparazzi are never far from the Beckhams' doorstep, no matter where the family is.
If Beckham changes the color or style or length of his hair, there are cameras on hand to record the event and to broadcast the new look around the world. His clothes and his jewelry are of equal interest because Beckham is as much a fashion model as a soccer player.
