The sexiest couple in showbiz celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and rocked their iconic purple outfits again on Thursday.
However, before Victoria and David Beckham tied the knot, the Spice Girl had already been engaged to another man.
Victoria, 50, was engaged to electrician Mark Wood, who worked for her father’s electronics supply business as a burglar alarm installer.
After meeting when she was 14 at St Mary’s High in Cheshunt, the young couple moved in together at the family’s luxurious £400,000 home in Goff’s Oak in Hertfordshire.
The almost Mr. Posh Spice popped the question in 1994, when Victoria was just 20 years old and had just auditioned for the Spice Girls.
Posh almost married electrician Mark Wood, with whom she lived at her parents’ £400,000 home in Hertfordshire until they split in 1996.
After meeting when they were 14 at St Mary’s High in Cheshunt, the almost Mr Posh Spice popped the question in 1994 when Victoria was just 20 and had just auditioned for the Spice Girls.
Although they never married, Victoria began calling herself Victoria Adams Wood and even used the name on the band’s early merchandise.
In 1996 the couple separated after being together for six years in total.
She previously said in her ITV documentary Being Victoria in 2002:For some reason we got engaged. He was an alarm engineer. I wish he had stayed in the closet where I met him at my mother’s house.
Mark was reportedly unhappy with the comment and later got his revenge by speaking out about his sex life in a 2004 Channel 5 documentary called Victoria Beckham’s Secrets.
He claimed that she “it was like an express train” and that “the tits she has now are certainly not the ones she had then.”
A Channel 5 spokesman said at the time: “As they always say, revenge is a dish best served cold.”
‘Mark has never spoken publicly about his relationship with Victoria before, but feels it’s time to set the record straight.
‘Mark was quite hurt by what she said and has no intention of stopping Victoria from blushing.’
Although they never married, Victoria began calling herself Victoria Adams Wood and even used the name on the band’s early merchandise.
Victoria and David celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and rocked their iconic purple outfits again on Thursday
In 2002, in her documentary Being Victoria for ITV, she had already said: “For some reason we got engaged. He was an alarm engineer. I wish he had stayed in the cupboard where I met him at my mother’s house.”
Speaking about their split, Victoria also told Big Breakfast host Denise Van Outen: ‘He wasn’t the right person for me, I wasn’t enjoying it, so it had to end.’
He also joked that he never gave her the ring back, adding: “I didn’t give her the ring back either! I still have it because it was an amazing ring. Isn’t that horrible? It makes me look so unrealistic.”
While Victoria fell in love with David, Mark was reportedly left heartbroken by the split.
Before his comment on Being Victoria, he only had good things to say about the singer, as he told her: People in 1997: ‘It was a very special relationship. But that part of my life is over now.
“It’s sad because we were together for a long time. But she got what she always wanted and I’m proud of her.”
Victoria met David in 1997 and just over a year after they met, in January 1998, the couple put an end to weeks of speculation when they announced they were engaged to be married.
In July 1999, they married in a spectacular ceremony that cost an estimated £800,000 and in which they both wore daring outfits.
Victoria met David in 1997 and just over a year after they met, in January 1998, the couple put an end to weeks of speculation when they announced they were engaged to be married.
The couple, who are parents to Brooklyn, 25, Romeo, 21, Cruz, 19, and Harper, 12, have continued to defy their critics and build one of the strongest marriages in show business.
Their marriage took place when David had just won the treble with Manchester United and Victoria was a global icon with the Spice Girls.
Their long-awaited wedding ceremony took place on July 4 in an extravagant ceremony, complete with golden thrones and a sparkling tiara for the bride.
They also had four children: Brooklyn, 25, Romeo, 21, Cruz, 19, and Harper, 12.
Toasting their 25th anniversary on Thursday they began their special day with a £510 bottle of Dom Perignon 1993 champagne for breakfast at Michelin-starred Core restaurant in Notting Hill.
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