Victoria and David Beckham have just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary – but things could have been very different for Posh Spice. The iconic couple have gone through thick and thin together over the last two and a half decades, marking the occasion by recreating their unforgettable wedding looks this week. Since tying the knot in 1999 the lovebirds have gone from strength to strength, welcoming children Brooklyn , 25, Romeo , 21, Cruz , 19, and Harper , 12.
But the Spice Girl, 50 , could have been fast approaching her 30th wedding anniversary if she had tied the knot with her first fiancé. That’s right – Posh and Becks almost weren’t an item with Victoria previously engaged before the former couple split in 1996 shortly before she met the England football legend. But who was Victoria Beckham’s almost-husband? Victoria was previously engaged to electrician Mark Wood after he popped the question in 1994.
Mark was an electrician who worked for Victoria’s father’s electronic supply business and met Victoria when she was 14. The couple lived together in the family’s £400,000 Hertfordshire home before getting engaged when Victoria had just auditioned for the Spice Girls . Victoria and Mark never wed, though the singer took on his last name and went by Victoria Adams Wood during the band’s early career.
However, their romance wasn’t meant to be as they split in 1996 after six years together. Speaking on her 2002 documentary Being Victoria, the fashion.
