Rashford, 24, changed into recognised for his excessive-profile campaign to ensure kids from underneath-privileged backgrounds did no longer cross hungry during the coronavirus pandemic.
The England global changed into given an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) medal at a Windsor Castle ceremony by William, who also serves as president of the Football Association.
Rashford said he would provide the MBE -- an award to realize achievement and service to the country -- to his mom Melanie, who raised him and his 4 siblings.
He stated his motivation turned into to provide Britain's children the things he did not have whilst developing up and burdened each youngster deserved an "possibility".
"It looks as if there may be a lot occurring but for me to place it inside the only manner, I'm seeking to deliver kids the matters I did not have once I turned into kid. If I did have, I might were a great deal better off and had many extra alternatives in my existence," Rashford said.
"I'm simply giving them the possibility and I assume they deserve the possibility. What toddler doesn't? For me it is a punishment for them no longer to be getting things like food or materials of books.
"They are small modifications but they turn out to be huge adjustments when you see the rewards of it. I see a generation it is coming after me as a totally special technology.
"They just need a chunk of steerage and pointing within the right direction and what I'm doing is giving them that."
