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Twenty-three years later,Victoria Beckhamis opening up about her famous wedding toDavid Beckham.
While chatting withThe Business of Fashionduring itsBoF VOICES 2022 event, the fashion designer got candid about the misconceptions surrounding her marriage to the former soccer player, 47, including the glamorization of their 1999 nuptials.
“I think that the media glamorized the wedding much more than it actually was,” Victoria, 48, began.
The twomarried on July 4, 1999, in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin. And although the ceremony had two golden thrones on which the couple sat on — “Can you believe it?!” Victoria recalled — the mom of four revealed that the ceremony was “actually much more intimate than it looked.”
“I love to have fun. I work very very hard. I take what I do very seriously. I want to be a great wife, a really great mum, but I wanna have fun as well. Sometimes my tongue-in-cheek sense of humor does tend to get me in trouble, but the wedding wasn’t as huge as everybody made it out [to be],” she told the outlet.
Victoria further explained that their guest list was composed of their inner circle — the Spice Girl members, David’s soccer teammates and the couple’s friends and family (her eldest son Brooklyn, now 23, served as ring bearer at the time).
While their nuptials made headlines, so did many other facets of the couple’s life and it was that sort of media attention, mixed with their industry talents, that turned the couple into a powerhouse duo. “I don’t think I realized when I met David quite what the two of us together would be,” Victoria admitted.
Victoria also recalled rumors that speculated the two were “only together to build a brand.” Her response to the hearsay? “I’m like, listen, we’ve been married for 25 years now. If I didn’t genuinely love this man — I mean, 25 years is a long, long time,” she joked.
But she doesn’t deny the major influence they carried — and still do. “I suppose a whole brand was born at that time,” she said.
Over two decades later, the couple is still in love. This past July, the two reached their23rd wedding anniversary, which Victoria celebrated with anInstagram postdedicated to David.
“They say he isn’t funny, they say I never smile, they said it wouldn’t last 😂 Today we celebrate 23 years being married. David you are my everything, I love you so much!!!!” she wrote under a candid photograph of the two smiling.
On his end, David shareda clipfrom a throwback appearance on Sacha Baron Cohen’sAli G Show, in which he confessed he was “into Posh” (Victoria’s onstage moniker) way before they had even met.
“23 years ago today Posh became Mrs Beckham , but she will always be Posh. Happy Anniversary WOW 23 years & 4 beautiful kiddies,” he wrote on Instagram, referring totheir childrenBrooklyn, 23, Romeo, 20, Cruz, 17, and Harper, 11. “I love you , we all love you.”
source: people.com
