David and Victoria Beckham, the ultimate 90s power couple: with the release of Netflix docuseries, we look back at the pair’s relationship, which began in the Man United players’ lounge …
- David Beckham met Posh Spice in 1997 in the Manchester United players’ lounge and they quickly fell in love before getting married at the exclusive Luttrellstown Castle in Dublin, Ireland
- Victoria loved that David is a family man, she shared in Netflix’s docuseries – now, 26 years later, the power couple share 4 children together: Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper
Netflix’s Beckham docuseries was just released this week, giving long-time fans a deeper insight into the life and legacy of the family patriarch and former footballer, David Beckham. But there’s also the woman who stood by him throughout the past few decades: Victoria.
The Beckhams met in 1997
Once upon a time, before the Beckhams became a massive global brand, there was a young artist called Victoria Adams and a rising football star named David Beckham. At the time, Adams was well known as “Posh Spice” of the Spice Girls and Beckham was reaching international fame for playing on the football team Manchester United, as well as playing for England.
The pair were introduced in the Manchester United players’ lounge, and they quickly became a couple. “When I saw him in the footballers’ lounge, all the other footballers were at the bar, and he was standing and talking to his parents, and I’m very close to my family, and I loved that side to him,” Victoria said in Beckham.
The moment they met, sparks flew
Victoria recently said she would specifically go to the Manchester United games to see David. “Some might say I stalked him, I would say [I went to] see him,” she quipped in Beckham.
She even told British Vogue in 2016 that it was love at first sight: “Yes, love at first sight does exist … It will happen to you in the Manchester United players’ lounge – although you will get a little drunk, so exact details are hazy.”
They got engaged in 1998 and married in 1999
Beckham reportedly gifted his wife 15 engagement rings over the course of their relationship – and that isn’t to say Victoria’s first engagement ring wasn’t extravagant.