According to author Tom Bower, in his book The House of Beckham extracts of which are published by
The Mirrorthe Beckham spouses would have experienced periods of strong tension from 2016. This crisis would have resulted in geographical distance,
Victoria favoring London for her professional activity while David settled more and more in Miami, in Florida, for its football club. The book describes communication reduced to a minimum between the two stars and a deleterious atmosphere. Things even got to the point where their respective press officers took the opportunity to engage in a war for influence in the mediadistilling negative information onto each other.
An episode recounted in the book is particularly revealing.
Victoria would have publicly denied rumors of her husband’s infidelity, which would have angered David, convinced that it was a set-up orchestrated by his wife to improve his image. For her part, Victoria would have been hurt and furious by an interview with David where he qualified
their marriage of “hard work“. Hurt by this frankness, she would have taken refuge in a spa in Germany to recover from her emotions.
Parties without Victoria and growing jealousy
Another sensitive point mentioned in the book: David Beckham’s nocturnal trips. The former footballer would have taken advantage of his distance from his wife to increase the number of drunken outings with his friends, in particular his best friend Dave Gardner. From what rumors say, Victoria would have had a very bad opinion of the latter and his influence on her husband. She would have particularly disapproved of his very notable presence at the Glastonbury festival in 2017, where David and his entourage had party until 5 a.m. before Victoria’s arrival.
Still according to Tom Bower, these marital tensions were not without consequences on Victoria’s professional activity.
Her image as a strong and independent woman would have been damaged by rumors of a crisis in her relationship..
David and Victoria Beckham: is the couple purely marketing?
Despite the animosities and periods of distance, David and Victoria Beckham ultimately chose to stay together.
One of the reasons given by the author would be the desire to preserve their brand image and the commercial interests of their family. “David’s status and survival would have been wiped out without Victoria’s determination to maintain the illusion of a happy family“, assures Tom Bower.
Victoria Beckham would thus have played a crucial role in
protection of their common brand, taking advantage of her husband’s notoriety to establish her own business in the fashion world. For his part, David would have continued to finance his wife’s professional activities, even if his clothing brand is struggling to achieve real commercial success. This book, which is based on internal testimonies and those close to the couple, should cause a lot of talk. But it should also have some impact on the smooth and glamorous image that David and Victoria Beckham have carefully cultivated for years.
