For while Beckham had been recommended for the honour by the committee which oversees awards to sports stars in late 2013, following an explosive row with the main honours committee, the notion was dismissed. The prospect, however, has not gone away and it is apparently the dearest wish of both of them that they become Sir David and Lady Beckham. One source, intimately connected to the family, told me the marriage is not conventional and that they are apart a lot.
