Posh and Becks are preparing to mark 25 years of marriage, but is all well in paradise?
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They’re set to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary in July, but the past quarter of a century hasn’t been completely smooth sailing for Victoria and David Beckham.
Showbiz’s golden couple have faced a number of hurdles since tying the knot in 1999, including cheating allegations and split rumours, none of which have been substantiated. Now, after Victoria recently declared, ‘I love him more now than when I first met him,’ it appears they’re stronger than ever – or are they? Here, Woman’s Own reveals their string of rows…
HAUNTED BY THE PAST
Their marriage infamously hit headlines in 2004 when David’s former aide Rebecca Loos went public with allegations of an affair, something Victoria, 50, and David, 49, have always denied. At the time, the footballer branded the story as ‘ludicrous’, adding that he was ‘very happily married’ with a ‘wonderful wife’.
April marked 20 years since the scandal, no doubt bringing back bad memories for the couple, who have described it as ‘the worst time’. Speaking in David’s Netflix docuseries, Beckham, Victoria emotionally revealed, ‘It was the hardest period for us because it felt like the world was against us. And here’s the thing, we were against each other, if I’m being completely honest.’ While Rebecca was never mentioned in the documentary, David admitted that he ‘felt physically sick every day’ and that seeing Victoria hurt was ‘incredibly difficult’.
Rebecca, 46, later hit out at David’s comments, saying he ‘needs to take responsibility’. She added, ‘He can say whatever he likes of course and I understand he has an image to preserve, but he is portraying himself as the victim and he’s making me look like a liar, like I’ve made up these stories. He is indirectly suggesting that I’m the one who has made Victoria suffer.’
TENSION AT HOME
David also opened up about living with his ‘tiring’ obsessive compulsive disorder in the documentary, admitting he spends hours cleaning while everyone else sleeps. ‘The fact that when everyone’s in bed I then go around, clean the candles, turn the lights on to the right setting, make sure everywhere is tidy. I hate coming down in the morning and there’s cups and plates and bowls,’ he explained. ‘I clip the candle wicks, I clean the glass, that’s my pet hate, the smoke ar
