With a multi-million pound brand that includes endorsements, fashion deals and a hit Netflix documentary, the Beckhams have done it all.

So, it’s only natural that the next move they’re eyeing up is a royal one – that could come with fancy new titles.

The couple have a long history with the royal family – with David and Victoria attending the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011,

and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018 – but it’s their alleged ‘feud’ with the Sussexes that’s made headlines over the years.

It’s been reported that one of the reasons behind the rift was that Harry claimed Victoria leaked stories to the press, which left her husband David “furious”.

Now, David has been made an ambassador of The King’s Foundation – formerly The Prince’s Foundation,

a charity founded by Charles in 1990 – which could be their biggest move yet, and Victoria will be pleased, according to a source.

“It’s no secret that Victoria and David’s documentary was more popular than Meghan and Harry’s. This helped them, especially Victoria, win over a lot of people,” the source said. “Now that David is ‘in’ with King Charles – plus the fact they are on good terms with Kate and William – it puts all the rumours about her allegedly leaking stories to the press behind her. It focuses on her and David’s relationship with the royal family in a positive way.

“She even sees this as his way to get a knighthood and become Sir David Beckham, while Victoria would become Lady Beckham.”

David has been working closely with King Charles to support educational programmes that give young people access to nature. He even visited the monarch at his Highgrove home in Gloucestershire. Opening up about his new appointment, the 49-year-old said, “It was inspiring to hear from the King about the work of His Majesty’s foundation during my recent visit to Highgrove – and compare beekeeping tips!”

This newest instalment in the Beckham-Sussex drama comes after David and Victoria’s four-part series, titled Beckham, premiered on Netflix in October 2023, a year after Meghan and Harry’s documentary on the same streaming giant.

The royals had viewers tuning in for roughly 72.9million hours in 2023, whereas the Beckhams clocked up a whopping 208.5million. Although Harry, 39, and Meghan’s programme gained huge attention when it first aired in 2022, it struggled to maintain excitement. In comparison, fans praised David’s honesty and viewers loved seeing a softer side of Victoria, including the couple dancing in the kitchen to Islands In The Stream. One viewer on X even said it, “made them believe in love again”.

According to a source, Victoria was “happy” with the reaction from fans. The source said, “Victoria can’t help but feel happy that their Netflix documentary is popular. It shows they have a lot of public support globally,” they said. “She won over a lot of people in their series, whereas she knows Meghan and Harry’s did the opposite. It sort of alienated them.”

Cracks first started appearing in the two couples’ friendship in spring 2022. It was reported that David invited William and Kate to his son Brooklyn’s wedding, but not Harry and Meghan. Around the same time, it was even thought that Meghan, 42, stopped wearing Victoria’s designs while Kate chose to wear more of them.

But things reached boiling point a few years later when the royal couple allegedly had a suspicion that the Beckhams leaked stories about Meghan to the press – a claim that reportedly left David “absolutely furious”.

According to a source, Victoria never truly got over the situation. “Everyone was close at one point and Victoria offered support to Meghan when she moved to the UK. But when the Sussexes suggested stories had been leaked, Victoria was upset that somebody would think she would do that,” the source said.

“She found it insulting as she really took Meghan under her wing and gave her advice. She did that as she knows what it’s like to be under such scrutiny. Victoria is very loyal and she felt she didn’t get the same in return.” But, as David and Victoria form relationships with the King, Meghan – 6,000 miles away in LA – isn’t letting it faze her and is focusing on other things.

“Meghan isn’t particularly bothered by this,” the source said. “They were all close when the Sussexes lived in London but they just drifted apart. She is also busy with exciting projects coming up as well as looking after Archie and Lilibet.”