David Beckham’s email scandal

He’s been described as ‘shameless’ by The Sun, after comparing himself to UNICEF veteran Audrey Hepburn. We are of course talking about the David Beckham email hacking scandal exposing his desperate bid for a knighthood.

He is seen on the cover of today’s paper with the headline: “BECK’S C-WORD FURY AT ‘SIR SNUB’. This is reference to the fact that he allegedly used the expletive to describe members of the honours committee as ‘unappreciative’, after he was overlooked in the list.

The emails, were published by the Football Leaks website after Beckham’s advisers refused to pay the hackers, reports Tom Bryant at the Daily Mirror.

The Mirror also reports that: Whitehall honours chiefs are blaming Beckham ’s personal tax affairs for the decision not to give him a knighthood.

In 2013, Olympics chief Lord Sebastian Coe recommended Beckham for a knighthood but because of his controversial investments in the Ingenious Media investment scheme, the honour chiefs decided against honouring the footballer.

The Mail Online have in particular focused on Beckham’s Instagram account, where he has posted several images praising the queen and plugging his involvement with Buckingham Palace.

For the Queen’s birthday on the 11th of June, he wrote: ‘Happy birthday your Majesty… So proud to have a Queen that does everything for the love of our country.’

Beckham has dismissed the reports and has claimed the emails have been doctored. In an opinion piece posted by The Guardian, they say: “The impression garnered by any reader is of a vain, jealous, greedy man whose charitable work is part of a PR campaign to get a gong.”

The footballer isn’t the sole the celebrity to become a victim of online hacking. Here’s a list of the top five hacking stories:

1. Scarlett Johansson– Johansson’s email address was hacked and nude photos of her ran rampant on the internet.
2. Kate Upton-In 2014, nude photos of Kate Upton were released after the model’s computer was hacked.
3. Vanessa Hudgens-In 2014, Vanessa Hudgens was a victim of a massive iCloud hacking spam. Nude photos of the actress were released as a result.
4. Jennifer Lawrence-In 2014, nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence were released in conjunction with the massive hack known as The Fappening.
5. Kirsten Dunst-In 2014, Kirsten Dunst was a victim of a massive iCloud hack. The star took to Twitter to voice her frustrations, sarcastically saying “Thank you iCloud” and then using emojis to imply that the service is a piece of sh*t.