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Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham 'to be appointed OBE'

By Bethan Holt at Daily Telegraph
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28 Dec, 2016 11:56 PM5 mins to read

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Victoria Beckham pictured on September 18, 2016. Photo / Getty

Victoria Beckham pictured on September 18, 2016. Photo / Getty

Victoria Beckham will reportedly be appointed OBE in the New Year's Honours, set to be announced on Saturday. According to the Daily Mail, Beckham told her family the news over Christmas.

The designer and former Spice Girl is set to be honoured for her contributions to fashion and charity work and is said to be "delighted and humbled for the recognition."

An OBE is a Queen's honour given to an individual for a major local role in any activity such as business, charity or the public sector. OBE stands for Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

In recent years, 42 year-old Beckham has focused most of her time on her fashion labels.

She shows her main collection- Victoria Beckham, launched in 2008- twice a year at New York Fashion Week, always creating one of the pinnacle moments of the event with a front row often dotted with her children (Brooklyn, 17, Romeo, 14, Cruz, 11 and Harper,5) and husband David.

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Her own choices for the finale wave always create talking points, be it her decision to eschew heels for trainers or skinny jeans for ultra wide-legged trousers.

Although fashion editors were at first skeptical of a pop star vying to create a credible design label, she has won many over with woman-friendly, fashion-forward collections.

"There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way, I never expected that," Beckham told The Telegraph last year.

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She has seen turnover soar to £34 million, employing more than 150 people at her offices in London and New York. She opened her first store on London's chic yet avant-garde Dover Street in 2014, adding Hong Kong to the portfolio in March this year.

Great work being done by Kenyan government @NACCKenya @NASCOP Thanks #drcmailu for the inspirational leadership @BornFreeAfrica @UNAIDS x VB pic.twitter.com/fdRY0Q9iTk

— Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) October 6, 2016

She has also shown a mastery of her different customers, as au fait with the wants of her main line clients as those purchasing from the (slightly) more affordable Victoria, Victoria Beckham collection which was introduced in 2012.

"The VVB customer likes to have fun," Beckham told The Telegraph in September. "Not too much fun - because she also wants to be quite sophisticated and chic and cool. She does like fun prints, but she likes them in sophisticated shapes."

Beckham is set to add an even more affordable offering to her fashion empire in 2017 thanks to a collaboration with American retailer Target. Going on sale on April 9, the collection will include 200 items priced between $6 and $70 and will comprise womenswear up to plus sizes as well as kidswear, her first foray into clothes for girls, no doubt inspired by Harper.

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"The timing just felt right," Beckham said to Business of Fashion of her decision to launch an affordable collection now. "I've made no secret of the fact that I wanted to put a collection out there for people who either can't afford designer prices or don't want to pay designer prices."

Today is World AIDS Day and there's still time to help support this amazing cause! My limited edition T-shirt now in store and online! x VB pic.twitter.com/t7EIgsiiSP

— Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) December 1, 2016

Beckham also devotes much of her time to charity. In December- with a little help from daughter Harper-she created a T-shirt to raise funds for World AIDS day. She also makes regular trips to visit projects across the globe as part of her role as a UNAIDS ambassador.

The source added that: "She is especially thrilled that her philanthropic work as a UNAIDS goodwill ambassador, creating a voice and awareness for women with HIV that suffer prejudice and discrimination has been recognised in this way."

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Hanging out with teenagers in Kenya.Get tested,know your status,get treatment.NO STIGMA! @unaidsglobal @brooklynbeckham XVB

A post shared by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) on Oct 8, 2016 at 4:00am PDT

In December last year, Beckham visited Ethiopia where she met children living with HIV and AIDS.

"We have come such a long way in the fight against AIDS. Huge global efforts have created proven results, and more and more people are accessing treatment and prevention services. But we are not there yet," she said at the time. "There are still people being left behind due to gender inequalities, stigma and discrimination and lack of resources."

In October, Beckham took son Brooklyn on a mission to Kenya where they spent three days promoting the cause, visiting newborns and taking part in a football match to raise awareness for a campaign promoting testing.

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If Victoria is honoured, she will follow in the footsteps of husband David who collected his OBE in November 2003.
Originally published in Telegraph UK

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