David Beckham looks set to be awarded a knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours, but the ex-footballer has already become a very visible part of the royal circle.
It can feel sometimes, in football terms, as if Beckham has been man-marking the royals, as he's become an ever-present at royal occasions.
The Chelsea Flower Show, a Buckingham Palace state banquet, an Italian dinner at Highgrove, charity events, have all seen the Beckhams in the line-up of guests to meet the royals.
Last month, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, wore a dress designed by Victoria Beckham at a British Fashion Council event.
There is an independent honours committee that considers who should get awards such as knighthoods, rather than the royals.
But if he becomes "Sir David", the ceremony won't be the first time he'll have met the royals. There is already a close relationship.
At the recent Chelsea Flower Show, a conversation between the King and Queen and Beckham seemed to hint at birthday gifts being exchanged.
"Nice to see you again, glad you got the roses," Queen Camilla seemed to be saying about this flowering relationship.
It's not just roses he's cultivating, as David Beckham has some new shared passions with the royals, a long way from his days as a footballer.
He swapped "bee-keeping tips" with King Charles at a meeting at his Highgrove Estate in Gloucestershire last year.
