An upcoming book threatens to shake up the Beckhams’ family idyll
It should be a time of celebration for the Beckham brood –having just marked Victoria’s 50th birthday with astar-studded party, plus the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary coming up this summer.
But there’s one big elephant in the room that’s overshadowing the festivities: bestselling author Tom Bower’s tell-all book, which is due out in June, just two weeks before their milestone anniversary.
The book, titled The House Of Beckham: Money, Sex And Power, promises to deliver a “revealing tour of the lives of one of the world’s most famous and influential power couples”, including never-before-seen sourcing and interviews with insiders. And despite fans feeling excited to glimpse behind the perfect façade of Posh, 50, and Becks, 48, we’re told Victoria is terrified about what secrets could be unearthed in the book’s bombshell 320 pages.
Now, a source tells heat, “When the blurb for the book includes the line, ‘Are their lives really as perfect as the Beckhams would like the world to believe?’ Then, it’s already pretty ominous. This is Vic’s worst nightmare –everything she has done in her life has been about presenting apicture of perfection to create apowerful personal brand. For the critics of her singing abilities, for those who thought David could do better, that she wasn’t good looking enough for him or talented enough to be afashion designer –whenever Vic felt under threat, her reaction has been to present this image of invincible perfection.”
The insider continues, “A book about their ‘untold story’ is adaunting promise, and Vic and David have both been extremely on edge about what may come out and how it could ruin everything they’ve built. The Beckhams’ rags-to-riches story didn’t come without struggles. They built up a brand and a business based on leveraging their appeal as a couple into an ability to make money – and they’ve had their fair share of dramas behind closed doors. There’s been business relationships that didn’t work out, rivalries and power struggles, as well as people looking to use them. Lots of things have ended in acrimony, and to have someone come along, seemingly with the intent of peeling back that perfect veneer, is terrifying to Victoria. There’s the life they’ve served up as Brand Beckham, and then there’s the dramas of life as a showbiz couple who got together in their early twenties.”
The couple’s appeal reached new heights last year, following the release of David’s hit Netflix documentary Beckham. The series gave fans an insight into the many storms the couple have weathered together in their over 20
