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THE BECKHAMS <3

News Updates:

1/09/2011: David and Victoria Beckham announced they are expecting their fourth child in the summer of 2011.

Born:

David Robert Joseph Beckham: May 2, 1975 in Leytonstone, London, England.

Victoria Caroline Adams aka Posh Spice: April 17, 1974 in Hertfordshire, England.

How David and Victoria Met:

David on meeting Victoria in November 1996: "My wife picked me out of a soccer sticker book. And I chose her off the telly ... It felt straight away like we'd always been meant to be together."
Source: David Beckham, Tom Watt. Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography. 2004. pg. 83.
Victoria and David started dating in 1997 by going on low-keyed dates -- driving around, talking, going to a pub, dinner out, going to the movies. They talked a lot on the telephone.
David proposed on one knee. They were engaged on January 25, 1998. The Beckham engagement party was held at Rookery Hall in Nantwich.
Victoria and David did not cut their engagement cake. Instead, they donated it to a fund raising event for Goostrey Community Primary School in Cheshire. The cake is "a replica of the hall with Victoria sitting at the top and David sitting behind her."

Wedding Date:

With 29 close friends and family members at the wedding ceremony, David and Victoria were married on July 4, 1999 at the 560-acre estate of the 1794, gothic Luttrellstown Castle, Ireland outside Dublin, Ireland. The wedding ceremony was presided over by the Bishop of Cork Paul Colton Victoria was 25 and David was 24 when they married.
Gary Neville was their best man and their 4-month old son Brooklyn was their ring bearer. Victoria and David sat on Golden thrones on a raised platform with Brooklyn's crib at their side.
The bridesmaid was Victoria's sister Louise. Louise's daughter Liberty and David's niece Georgia were dressed as angels and served as flower girls.
"As they became man and wife, a single dove was released as a symbol of their love. Posh Spice -- one of the architects of the 'girl-power' philosophy -- stuck to her principles and did not pledge to 'obey' the Manchester United player. The new Mr. and Mrs. Beckham both shed tears after exchanging vows."

Children:

Victoria and David have three sons.

• Brooklyn Joseph Beckham: Born in 1999 in London, England. His godfather is Elton John and his godmother is Elizabeth Hurley.
• Romeo James Beckham: Born in 2002 in London, England. His godfather is Elton John and his godmother is Elizabeth Hurley.
• Cruz David Beckham: Born in 2005 in Madrid, Spain.