India, June 28 -- Former English footballer David Beckham is on the mend after undergoing surgery to correct a long-standing wrist injury-just weeks after being named in King Charles III's Birthday Honours list. The 50-year-old, now officially set to be knighted for his services to football and charity, was photographed in a hospital gown with his arm in a sling on Friday.

The image, shared by his wife Victoria Beckham on her Instagram Stories, showed the Inter Miami CF co-owner smiling from a hospital bed despite the fresh surgery. "Get well soon daddy," she wrote alongside a heart emoji.

According to report in People magazine, David's procedure was to finally address complications from a 2003 match injury, when he broke his wrist play...