'I used to customize my school uniforms. I loved clothes, hair and makeup. I've always been a real girly girl.' Happy birthday, VictoriaBeckham!
Even at the bottom of a secluded rock quarry 100 kilometers outside Madrid, David and Victoria Beckham, arguably the most famous couple in England, if not the soccer-playing world, remain in character.
David is clearly a man of fewer words, though when he does open his mouth, he too is funny, even sly."How did you two meet?" someone asks."She stalked me," he replies as his wife arches her eyebrows. A moment later, in a low tone, he admits,"I fancied her." Victoria's take on their meeting is somewhat different."I didn't really know who he was. I was never into football," she says. What she fell for, she insists, was his family-mindedness, not his skill on the pitch."He was always with his mom, dad and sister while a lot of the footballers were at the bar getting drunk. I could sense right from the start that David was a gentleman, and very family-oriented, which is important because I'm the same.
No one can deny that David's U.S. deal is a sweet one. Brokered by Fuller , it's said to be one of the most lucrative contracts in the history of pro sports, with Beckham estimated to be pocketing as much as $250 million over five years. A majority of that, however, is expected to come from commercial endorsements . Still, to hear David tell it, his main goal is to make Americans fall in love with professional soccer."I do believe I can take it to another level," he says.
Though the new Casa Beckham is a 13,000-square-foot, six-bedroom, Mediterranean-style villa with the requisite screening room, tennis court and pool, Victoria insists that"we didn't want anything too huge, too fancy, too ostentatious." The goal, she says, was"something quite practical for the kids. It's a light, happy house, with a great corridor the kids are going to love when they are roller-skating.
"David and I got through it together," Victoria continues."No one said marriage was going to be easy. Yes, there have been bumps along the road. But the fact is we've come out of everything we've been through stronger and happier. It's even better now than when we were first married. After all these years, we can just come home and have a laugh together."
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