David Beckham could have been named as sports minister during a Cabinet reshuffle in 2013. Former Chancellor George Osborne is said to have discussed the idea with ex-Prime Minister David Cameron inside Downing Street, which would have seen Beckham handed a peerage.
The former Manchester United, Real Madrid and England midfielder had only called time on his playing career with PSG a matter of months before the suggestion, which was promptly vetoed.
Beckham had a key role as an ambassador for the UK during bids for the 2012 Olympics and 2018 World Cup, the first of which proved to be a resounding success.The move could have seen the 45-year-old take the title Baron Beckham of Leytonstone, after his suburb of birth, or even Baron Beckham of.
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