Victoria Beckham

Profession: Style icon
Place/Date of Birth: Goff's Oak, Hertfordshire, 17 April 2020
Associated with: David Beckham, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C

Bamboo torches lined the driveway where guests were treated to a £200-a-head meal, prepared by the head chef of top London restaurant, Nobu. The French based meal consisted of 11 courses from grilled sea bass, and salmon salad, to sorbet and exotic fruits. Drinks arrived mid-afternoon and included spirits, wine, and 24 litres of Spain’s finest mineral water.

The biggest extravagance of the evening came in the shape of an £8 million diamond Bulgari necklace presented to Victoria by her husband David. He also gave her 32 white roses, one for each of her years. A source told the Daily Record newspaper: "He felt terrible about missing Victoria’s last birthday and wanted to make a big fuss of her this time around. It’s the first big social event he’s organised at their home in Spain." Victoria is set to hold a pre-World Cup party this May for the England football team, and the couple’s close friends.

David and Victoria settled their libel case - Mar 10, 2020
David and Victoria Beckham settled their two-year "sham marriage" libel case yesterday (09.03.06) for an undisclosed amount. The action was brought against the News of the World newspaper who ran claims their marriage was simply a business arrangement.

The Beckhams had vowed they would fight the case and both could have gone into the witness box. But the libel action would have cost more than £250,000 and possibly embarrassing details of their private life were likely to have been made public. The couple even agreed to pay the legal costs of the News of the World to get out of the case.

The Sunday newspaper’s article was based on allegations made by David and Victoria’s former nanny Abbie Gibson, in 2004, claiming the couple were "cynically and hypocritically" pretending their marriage was perfect to save their multi-million pound "Brand Beckham" empire. The article described how the marriage was a ’sham’ and had brought David close to a nervous breakdown and made Victoria ill while she was expecting their third son, Cruz.

It claimed how Victoria, 31, had called her husband ’an Essex yob’ and that the only reason they were together was because of sponsorship deals. The report came amid allegations that the England captain had affairs with his former PA, Rebecca Loos, 27, beautician Danielle Heath, 23, and model Esther Canadas, 28. All would have been willing to give evidence in the case. A source close to the pair told Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper: "It’s no wonder they felt they could not stand up in court later this year and talk about how happy they are - neither of them even knows if they will still be together."

Katie Holmes asked Victoria to be her birthing partner - Mar 08, 2020
Katie Holmes has allegedly asked Victoria Beckham to be her birthing partner. The screen beauty - who is expecting her first baby with fiancé Tom Cruise this year - reportedly wants the former Spice Girl to be by her side when she goes into labour.

A source told Grazia magazine: "Victoria and Katie have struck a real rapport ever since they were introduced by Tom and both of them are thrilled by the friendship. "Victoria has become something of a mother hen to Katie, so when she was asked if she would be with her during the birth, she said yes straight away."

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Biography

Victoria Caroline Adams was born to a wealthy Hertfordshire family in 1975, in fact so wealthy her father, the owner of an electrical wholesale company, reportedly drove her to school in a Rolls Royce (much to her embarrassment).

Victoria wanted to be famous from a young age, taking dance lessons after watching Fame and attending the Jason Theatre School in Enfield from the age of 8 until she was seventeen. This was when she secured a place at the Laine Arts Theatre College in Surrey and began auditioning for bands.

In March of 1993, when she spotted an ad in The Stage: "Are you between 18 and 23 and are able to sing and dance? Are you street-smart, extrovert, ambitious and serious about it?" Victoria joined Geri, Mel B and Mel C along with a girl called Michelle (who would later be replaced by Victoria’s childhood friend Emma Bunton) in winning a place in the Spice Girls. After a rocky start the group signed to Virgin Records and became the biggest girl group ever, releasing hit singles and albums year after year, making a succesful feature film and becoming one of the most influential bands of the nineties and inspiration to millions of young girls.

However, the Spice Girls’ bubble eventually burst as Geri left to pursue a solo career and although the remaining four released a few more singles the magic had gone and after recording a final album they went their seperate ways. Victoria bided her time before launching her first solo single, Out Of Your Mind, in collaboration with Truesteppers and Dane Bowers. The single coiincided with the release of Sophie Ellis Bextor’s collaboration with Spiller and resulted in a chart battle which Sophie won. The defeat reflected badly on Victoria and her solo career seemed to go from bad to worse. Her next single, Not Such An Innocent Girl found itself up against Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, which only served to highlight the difference in quality between Victoria’s efforts and those of established pop stars. Her debut album was released two weeks later and on managing to only just edge in to the top ten Victoria was dropped by Virgin.

On hooking up with former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, Victoria decided to take a more R&B influenced turn, against her manager’s advice. She began a friendship with Damon Dash who not only assisted Victoria in her musical direction but signed her up to model for his Rocawear label. A dounle A side, Let Your Head Go/This Groove, was released in the week following Christmas 2003 but charting at number 3 in the single chart’s least competetive week it was considered a commercial flop. The single remains Victoria’s last release although she has regularly returned to the studio to work with, among others, Cathy Dennis. Several tracks remain unreleased and Victoria claims that she’ll only sing again if the Spice Girls reunite.

Concentrating on her fashion career, Victoria as previously designed for Rock and Republic as well as modelling for Rocawear and Maria Grachvogel. Her second book (her first was an autobiography, Learning to Fly), That Extra Half An Inch: Heels, Hair and Everything in Between, cemented Victoria’s influence as a fashion icon.

In 1997 Victoria met British footballing icon David Beckham and before long they were the country’s most talked about couple. Victoria fell pregnant two years later and following the birth of their first son, Brooklyn, the couple were married in a lavish ceremony at Ireland’s Luttrellstown Castle. Despite rumours of David’s infidelity and problems moving between Britain and Spain for his career the Beckham’s marriage remains strong and they have had two further sons, Romeo (born 2002) and Cruz (born 2005). The family plan to move to Los Angeles later this year with plans to create a relaity show based around the move. Meanwhile rumours of a Spice Girls reunion persist. We might get Victoria back in front of that mic yet.

November 2007