{"id":502340,"date":"2025-10-15T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/502340\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:17:14","slug":"kate-middleton-and-prince-william-honoured-by-david-beckham-after-princess-of-waless-previous-show-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/502340\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton and Prince William honoured by David Beckham after Princess of Wales\u2019s previous show of support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Kate and Prince William have been honoured by Sir David Beckham with a touching detail in the gardens of his Cotswolds&#8217; home. <\/p>\n<p>The revelation comes just one week after the Princess of Wales made a public show of support for Lady Victoria Beckham by wearing a suit from the pop icon\u2019s fashion label. <\/p>\n<p>Details of Sir David\u2019s tribute for the future King and Queen have been revealed in a new tell-all Netflix documentary covering his wife.  <\/p>\n<p>In the show, the footballing legend gave a tour of his gardens where he had been cultivating a special rose variety named after William and Catherine at his \u00a312million country home. <\/p>\n<p>The \u00a323 shrub, developed by celebrated rose breeder David Austin to commemorate the royal wedding in 2011, features prominently in the estate&#8217;s flower beds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRosa. William and Catherine,\u201d read a plant marker in the soil, proudly declaring the connection to the Prince and Princess of Wales.  <\/p>\n<p>Lady Beckham, who was accompanying her husband on the tour of the gardens, marvelled: \u201cIt&#8217;s amazing what you&#8217;ve built here.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Sir David became a knight of the realm in June as part of the King&#8217;s Birthday Honours List, recognising his achievements in sport and charitable work. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"31052\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"1aceff282b29a1b77a677af3d3f11d27\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20800'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/prince-william-kate-middleton-david-beckham.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Prince William, Kate Middleton, David Beckham\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sir David Beckham has cultivated a shrub named after Prince William and Princess Kate in the grounds of his Cotswolds estate <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY \/ TIKTOK<\/p>\n<p>While the Beckhams attended William and Kate&#8217;s wedding in 2011, their relationship with the Royal Family has blossomed in recent years.  <\/p>\n<p>This was seen when Princess Kate twice supported Lady Beckham\u2019s clothing label. <\/p>\n<p>During her visit to Home-Start Oxford last week, the princess wore a \u00a31,340 olive-green trouser suit designed by Victoria Beckham, coinciding with the release of the fashion designer&#8217;s documentary.  <\/p>\n<p>Palace insiders revealed the Princess&#8217;s outfit selection was meant to champion British designers. &#8220;It would have brought a smile to Victoria&#8217;s face,&#8221; a source noted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"e8514\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"c644d470d2a9925149a01d1cf7dd4833\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201500'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760559432_693_kate-middleton.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Kate Middleton\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kate supported Lady Victoria Beckham by wearing a suit from her fashion label on two occasions <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>The mutual gestures highlight the strengthening bond between the two couples, with Kate having previously worn the same Victoria Beckham suit at a British Fashion Council event in May. <\/p>\n<p>Sir David has also recently struck up a friendship with King Charles, where the pair bonded over their shared horticultural interests \u2013 in particular, the former England captain\u2019s homemade honey. <\/p>\n<p>This connection prompted an invitation to Highgrove, where Sir David learned about The King&#8217;s Foundation, the charity Charles established in 1986.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The King and David Beckham have really bonded over their similar interests,&#8221; a source revealed. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"1b347\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d81613721a59a8d90f1299a6c46ae95f\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201500'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/king-charles-queen-camilla-david-beckham.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"King Charles, Queen Camilla, David Beckham\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sir David has grown closer to the Royal Family in recent years <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GETTY<\/p>\n<p>The footballing legend\u2019s first appearance at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May saw him meeting both the King and Queen, further cementing his place within royal circles.  <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Sir David shared that he was a \u201chuge royalist\u201d and that he: \u201cAlways get emotional talking about anything that I do with our Royal Family.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was brought up in a household that adored and loved everything that came with the Royal Family,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Regarding his previous work fundraising with the royals, Sir David declared: \u201cWhenever the Prince of Wales sends me a message and says I need you to do this or be there, it&#8217;s always a yes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate and Prince William have been honoured by Sir David Beckham with a touching detail in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,4781,109,77,533,532,5105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-502340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-david-beckham","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-kate-middleton","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-royal","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115380030323479857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}