WHEN David Beckham tied the knot with Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice from all-conquering pop group The Spice Girls, their lavish wedding defined the 1990s. Next Thursday the couple will celebrate their silver wedding anniversary – 25 years of married bliss, and some occasional bother. Many thought it would not last, but to those who know David and Victoria , their union is as strong now as ever.
Four children and an estimated £455million fortune later, they continue to dominate the cultural landscape, as their recent blockbuster Netflix special proved, bringing new fans to the Posh ’n’ Becks phenomenon. Today, in the first part of a special series, we take an intimate look back at that magical day a quarter of a century ago . .
. IT WAS a wedding like no other – matching thrones and purple outfits, flower girls dressed as angels and a cake topped with a nearly nude sculpture of the newlyweds. Even Prince Philip later talked about how he and the Queen did not use thrones at her 2012 Jubilee because they would have “looked like Mr and Mrs Beckham”.
Ahead of Posh and Becks’s 25th anniversary on Thursday, we exclusively bring you the inside details of the sensational wedding. And while OK! magazine stumped up a record-breaking £1million for exclusive rights to cover the event at 15th-century Luttrellstown Castle near Dublin on July 4, 1999, it was The Sun that scooped the world. Despite the whole venue being cloaked in secrecy, with screens erected to protec.
