60 Bizarre But Charming Facts About David And Victoria Beckham
Brooklyn and Romeo were christened in a purpose-built replica of the castle their parents were married in.
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1. Before they ever met, David Beckham saw Victoria Adams performing with the Spice Girls on TV.
2. She was wearing a black catsuit.
3. And, from the moment he saw her, David says he knew she was the woman he was going to spend the rest of his life with.
4. Back then, Victoria was already famous as a member of the Spice Girls. David, however, had yet to achieve fame as a footballer for Manchester United.
5. David said that although he wasn't into the Spice Girls, he was into Posh.
6. Simon Fuller, the manager of the Spice Girls, engineered their first meeting because he thought David and Victoria might get on.
7. The day David and Victoria met was the same day that Geri famously pinched Prince Charles's bum.
8. The couple met in the Manchester United players' lounge after a charity football match.
9. Victoria spent the whole game watching the wrong team because she didn't have her glasses on.
10. She said that the moment she laid eyes on David, it was love at first sight. But she was a little bit drunk so the exact details of their meeting are a bit hazy.
11. Victoria approached David first.
12. She noticed that while all the other players were hanging out with their mates, David was sitting with his family. Since she too was close to her family, she thought they'd be well suited.
13. He remembers that she was drinking white wine and they spoke for 25 minutes.
14. She remembers liking how shy he was.