The wedding of Victoria Adams and David Beckham is one that many called the wedding of the year. This historical wedding took place indoors on July 4th 1999 at Luttrellstown Castle which is on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland. Victoria's wedding dress was designed by Vera Wang. It was low cut to attract attention to the cleavage and showed off a thin waist. Here is a picture of Victoria in it. The rights to any sort of media of the wedding were purchased by OK! Magazine which paid £1 million for them! Victoria's bridesmaid was her sister Louise. The security at the wedding was extremely tight. There was even a ring of steel around the grounds of the 550-acre castle, and a 1 kilometer no fly zone! Only 29 close family members & friends, including the other 3 Spice Girls, viewed the actual wedding, and there were 236 guests for the post party.
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Wednesday, July 21, 1999 |
A view of Luttrellstown Castle during preperation.
Victoria at the altar.
David & Victoria dancing at the after party.
David & Victoria cutting their wedding cake.
The new Beckham family.
Sunday, July 18, 1999 |
Thursday, July 15, 1999 |
Monday, July 12, 1999 |
Victoria and David's honeymoon actually took place at the exclusive seaside resort of Cap Ferrat in the South of France. This is according to The Mirror.
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"Look what David bought me. It was a wedding present. He gave me matching earrings too. They're diamonds. Aren't they lovely? I love David so much. We can't be apart from each other for more than a few hours. I miss him too much. It was such a romantic holiday, a wonderful few days. I feel so relaxed. In the end, I think we had four days. It was lovely because it was just the three of us. Brooklyn came too, we couldn't bear to be parted. I don't want to say too much, but it was sad we had to leave early. David doesn't get a lot of time off. He works so hard. But, after all, it is his job. He's going back up north tonight and I'll probably follow him up. Or he may come back down. We don't know yet. But we won't be apart long. He's just gone out now to collect Brooklyn and will leave later tonight."
The couple did not stay at Elton John's mansion in Nice as previously reported. Last night the couple went out to dinner at The Ivy, one of London's most expensive restaurants and bumped into Michael Jordan and Madonna. Madonna invited the newly weds to join them for dinner. Victoria said about Madonna:
She was lovely. I talked about Brooklyn and asked her about her daughter Lourdes. We shared quite a few tips as mothers."
Sunday, July 11, 1999 |
Saturday, July 10, 1999 |
Friday, July 9, 1999 |
Wednesday, July 7, 1999 |
Tuesday, July 6, 1999 |
The Sun Cover
The Sun's inside pictures
Monday, July 5, 1999 |
Sunday, July 4, 1999 |
"Once I started, Victoria was next and then Mel G's baby Phoenix Chi started crying. I think half the congregation ended up in tears. But it was just the emotion of the moment for me. I've known Victoria was the woman for me from the first time I set eyes on her and this is the moment I've dreamed of since I first met her."
Baby Brooklyn however kept quiet and happy throughout the wedding. He was also dressed in an ivory outfit to mach Victoria's and was watched over by the rest of the Spice Girls, not held in the arms of David as previously thought. As the couple were pronounced man and wife, a purple flag went up with the initials V, D, and B, obviously standing for Victoria, David, and Brooklyn. Gary Neville, David's best friend and fellow footballer, was best man for the ceremony. A rich imperial purple carpet runner connected the castle to the wedding marquee. The marquee was full of deep red roses everywhere. There were also trees with apples hanging from them! There were even two red velvet thrones for David & Victoria at the end of the marquee! The wedding ceremony took place at 4pm for the 29 witnesses which were only family members and extremely close friends, which included the other 3 Spice Girls. At 8:30pm guests sat down for dinner. The tables were covered with shiny silver cutlery and plates that really sparkled. For the dinner party Victoria changed into an evening dress designed and made by Antonie Berradi. Brooklyn also changed into a different outfit which was also designed by Berradi! At the dinner a medly of Mozart and Bach was played, along with Ronnie Hazelhurst's theme to It's a Knockout. The classical orchestra had even devoted several months to mastering "classical adaptations" of Spice Girls hits which were played! The dinner menu comprised red pepper soup, followed by breast of turkey or grilled Mediterranean vegetables and for pudding, David's favorite dessert, sticky toffee pudding. An alternative was also available, it was summer berry terrine. The wines served were a New Zealand white and a red Côtes du Rhône and Guinness was served afterwards.
The only dissapointment of the whole wedding was that Elton John was unable to make it. He had to call off his performance at the wedding because he was too ill to fly. His doctors advised against flying. He was said to be suffering heat-stroke after getting too much sun in Italy while on his current European tour. There were 437 people on staff, matching guests 2 to 1 at the wedding. The tight security worked extremely well as no paparazzi or uninvited guests got through. The security even featured sensors that would be triggered on the grounds in case of people trying to jump the gate the night before. Phone and radio jammers were also installed to prevent electronic eavesdropping. The Mirror newspaper has admitted that for 24 hours they tried to sneak their way into the wedding but had no success. After the dinner, a disco was planned, red and white balloons were released, and a fireworks display was given before teh guests left around 2am. The skies remained clear and blue despite reports the previous day of possible showers. David and Victoria Beckham's honeymoon destination remains a tight secret, but it is rumored to be in the Caribbean.
Saturday, July 3, 1999 |
According to the Sunday Mirror, Victoria and David will actually wed in a 220-year-old fairytale stone folly located on the grounds of the 550-acre Luttrellstown Castle. They will wed beneath a romantic canopy of flowers in an idyllic Irish glen with its own magical wishing well. An army of workmen have spent the past week preparing the folly, sprucing up brickwork and knocking down a wall. Victoria and David will arrive in a carriage pulled by two white horses (along a drive which has had special black stones laid on it) and then walk hand-in-hand under a specially-built 20-metre walkway covered in fresh flowers before climbing 12 wooden steps up to the folly. The steps have been covered in carpet so that Victoria's heels won't get stuck in any cracks in the wood.
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The validity of this is heavily questionable as it goes against what has previously been reported as the wedding order of events.
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
"I've got a bit shaky. But I'm OK, I'm fine."
That may very well be the final Victoria quote we hear before she is married. David Beckham however insisted: "I'm not at all nervous."
But a friend of his said:
"He is a bit nervous. It's all he's thought about since the season ended. For him it's the culmination of the perfect year, the birth of his son Brooklyn, United's treble and now walking down the aisle with Victoria."
The Mirror did the interview and gave her a beautiful bouquet of flowers and told her they were from the Mirror and all their readers. Victoria said "Thank you so much, they're beautiful." Soon after Victoria, David, family and friends sped off in a burgundy people carrier with tinted windows
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
"Each item carries a not-at-all cheesy picture of the glamorous couple in matching black leather jackets, complete with the words Posh & Becks and the date of their big day. The mug and plate are made of genuine imitation porcelain. And the tea towel is 100 per cent machine-stitched polyester, none of that hand-sewn rubbish, and comes in any colour you like, as long as it's white. So go on, treat yourself. Or buy the mother-in-law a set. If you don't like her, buy her a couple."
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
"They don't want to know us on Sunday because of the wedding - it's a disgrace."
"I think it's a load of shit! They're so rich and have so many fans but, rather than share their happiness, nobody gets a look in and they can earn yet another million quid."
"What sickens me is that they are asking for shopping vouchers as their wedding presents, why didn't they ask everyone to make a donation to charity?"
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
Friday, July 2, 1999 |
Thursday, July 1, 1999 |
Thursday, July 1, 1999 |
Thursday, July 1, 1999 |
Thursday, July 1, 1999 |
Thursday, July 1, 1999 |
Victoria Adams and David Beckham can't legally say "I do" this weekend in the Dublin castle they plan to wed in. Neither the church of Ireland nor the registrar for civil marriages in Dublin will have anything to do with the ceremony. This is because the couple failed to meet three basic requirements to wed in Dublin. Neither of the couple has lived in Dublin County for the last 15 days. They haven't given three month's notice to wed. They did not post their marriage banns at least 22 days ago. This means that Victoria and David will have to officially get married in England and then fly to Dublin for a marriage blessing. The main party and events other then the official declaration of matrimony will still take place in Luttrellstown Castle. The deputy registrar for civil marriages of Dublin, Hannah Conway said: "We don't do hotel or castle weddings. Obviously the David Beckham marriage has been the talk of the city for some weeks. But we are not involved, and nobody is conducting any service on a civil level from here. You have to remember that there are very stringent requirements to get married in Dublin, either by licence or civil ceremony." A spokesperson for the church of Ireland said: "Yes, we've heard the rumours too. But the banns are not up, notice has not been given and to the best of our knowledge we are without any knowledge of involvement in the wedding of these two people." Also, the word as to why Geri really isn't attending the wedding is that there could be a lot of tension if the Spice Girls met up with Geri again, and a wedding is not the right place for such an event.
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Wednesday, June 30, 1999 |
Tuesday, June 29, 1999 |
Sunday, June 27, 1999 |
Wednesday, June 23, 1999 |
Wednesday, June 16, 1999 |
Tuesday, June 15, 1999 |
"Motherhood is the best thing to happen to me and I would recommend it to anyone, but the problem with having a baby is you want another one. Brooklyn is beautiful, he's smiling and gurgling and doing something new every day. It would be brilliant for him to have someone to play with."
David Beckham said:
"I never thought it would be like this. I didn't know I had the feelings that I'm experiencing now. It's been a great year. I've become a dad, I'm getting married and my club won The Treble."
Sunday, June 13, 1999 |
Thursday, June 10, 1999 |
"There are certain little things I'd like to put on the dress and she's really open to things like that. I couldn't work with anyone who's got a big ego and won't listen to anyone else's opinion."
Thursday, June 3, 1999 |
"They may have been fans of a rival football team who had sussed out where the couple lived. They hurled abuse, but drove off before the police arrived."
Wednesday, June 2, 1999 |
Apologies to Victoria for further exploiting this invasion of her privacy, but it's my job to provide as complete news as possible and this is a part of it, blame the German tabloid!
Wednesday, June 2, 1999 |
Monday, May 31, 1999 |
Monday, May 31, 1999 |
Saturday, May 29, 1999 |
"We had to be very careful not to wake such an important guest. The bands were happy to turn down and it didn't really affect their performances."
Thursday, May 20, 1999 |
"You see brides and usually they've got all this long, pretty hair, and I've got, like, no hair...and what I have got is spiky! A lot of peoplehave got ideas about what my dress is going to be like, everyone's going to have to wait and see...I don't want to be out and out sexy. I want to do it in a subtle way".
Sunday, May 16, 1999 |
Sunday, May 16, 1999 |
"It wasn't until myself and David became parents that we really realised how serious these things are and we became involved with the charity." "We just want to do as much as we can to raise awareness and try to get people to give money."
Victoria was accompanied by Menangitis Research Foundation director Denise Vaughan which announced to the viewers: "May 1999 marks the start of the Foundation's 10th anniversary year. With the help of donations from the public we believe we can Be Free of a disease that not only kills in hours but causes death and disability, fear and devastation." Victoria also further killed the rumor that she doesn't like living in North England and would prefer the South saying:
"That's not true, I really love it in Manchester. There's been a lot of rumours that I don't, but I love it, and David's happy."
Victoria said a bit about Brooklyn as well:
"I worry all the time. That's what my mum told me, she said when you have a baby you don't stop worrying from the day you have the baby until 25 years time, my mum still worries about me. Obviously he's going to have a different kind of life to a lot of children but myself and David just want to make him as anonymous as we can until he's old enough to decide that he wants to do things for himself."
Monday, May 10, 1999 |
Victoria and David will soon be moving out of their £300,000 flat in Cheshire to a £2.5 Million home in Shropshire. The home was sold by John Broome, founder of Alton Towers theme park. The house has a 4 acre lawn, and apparently has been equipped with a state-of-the-art music system.
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Saturday, May 8, 1999 |
Tuesday, May 4, 1999 |
Saturday, May 1, 1999 |
"I love living up north and I even eat mushypeas now."
She also commented on rumors that she is homesick and wants to move back to London saying:
"It really upsets me because I am really happy up here. I have got somegreat friends and it's a great place to bring up Brooklyn. I've got alovely home and we're going to be here for ages."
Wednesday, April 28, 1999 |
Tursday, April 22, 1999 |
"It has come to our attention that photographs featuring Ms. Adams and/or Mr. Beckham, together with their new-born child, are being offered for sale on the open market. We write to notify you that these photographs have been stolen from Mrs. Jackie Adams who owns the copyright. Anyone publishing them will be breaking copyright laws and committing a criminal offence."
Victoria and David are once again astounded about how far the paparazzi and others will go and violate their personal lives, especially to steal such an important family item.
Tuesday, April 20, 1999 |
Monday, April 19, 1999 |
Wednesday, April 14, 1999 |
"We can't wait. We've had a bit of time to come home, chill out, do bits and pieces on our own so we're going to get back together."
She also killed some rumors about her acting career and possible movie roles saying:
"I haven't found the right thing to do yet. I am interested in it but it's important to make sure that the first thing you do is the right thing."
Monday, April 12, 1999 |
Monday, April 12, 1999 |
Wednesday, April 7, 1999 |
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 |
Thursday, March 4, 1999 |
"We have got a new recruit to the Spice Girls club, I'm really excited for them. I hope Brooklyn plays for Liverpool, not Man United, one day."
Mel was wearing a Spice Girls T-Shirt and arrived in a chauffeur-driven silver BMW and was armed with a dozen silver and black balloons. Emma also arrived with her boyfriend Jade. She said:
"He's beautiful, he's beautiful."(about the baby, not Jade hehe)
Mel B is expected to arrive later. Other arrivals included Victoria's parents of course. Publicist Alan Edwards cleaned up the naming story explaining that the baby is named Brooklyn because Victoria first found out she was pregnant in Manhattan, but Manhattan isn't a very good name, so they chose Brooklyn. Victoria is last known as sitting up, drinking champagne, and talking to the other Spice Girls.
Monday, March 1, 1999 |
Monday, February 22, 1999 |
Monday, February 22, 1999 |
Monday, February 15, 1999 |
Tuesday, February 9, 1999 |
Validity of this is questionable as Victoria previously stated that the baby was concieved in Denmark.
Sunday, November 29, 1998 |
Saturday, November 28, 1998 |
"I am not very domesticated but David does everything. He is brilliant, he cooks and cleans. I can't cook so I do those ready-made meals that you just pierce the top and stick in for three minutes."
The Christmas special will air on December 23rd.
Wednesday, November 11, 1998 |
"I could have pulled out but I didn't want to, because of the fans. We were playing in 110 degrees and I was prancing about in a PVC catsuit and throwing up at the side of the stage in a bucket."
Victoria also responded to claims that her pregnancy out of wedlock sets a bad example for fans saying:
"I haven't said, 'Go and get pregnant.' I'm happy and in a stable relationship. Girl Power is about doing what you want as long as you're sure about it yourself."
She also revealed plans that she wants to have a total of 3 children with David Beckham.
Thursday, November 5, 1998 |
Wednesday, October 21, 1998 |
"I trust David 110%. I've found the person I want to spend the rest of my life with. These stories are so ludicrous that we are going to take legal action. The truth is we are stronger than ever and both looking forward to having the baby. The reports haven't damaged our relationship at all. The only thing that matters is that we love and trust each other and our families are okay. If people want to believe what they are reading, that's up to them."
Wednesday, October 21, 1998 |
Monday, October 5, 1998 |
Wednesday, August 5, 1998 |
For Motor Heads: It is a Silver Porsche Boxster, 2480cc, six-cylinder, 0-60mph in 6.9 seconds.
Other cars Victoria has bought:
-for David Beckham: a £70,000, midnight-blue 911 Carrera S
Turbo.
-for sister Louise and brother Christian: a £17,000 VW Golf
convertible. (2 Cars)
-for herself: Victoria drives a £35,000 racing green
Mercedes McLaren SLK.
Wednesday, July 8, 1998 |
Thursday, April 30, 1998 |
Monday, January 26, 1998 |
Adams, who is Posh Spice in the British girl power pop group, and Beckham, the Manchester United and England midfield star, emerged from the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich, Cheshire and told journalists their plans.
"It's just what I wanted and it was a big surprise," the 23-year-old Adams said, flashing her ring against a fur-trimmed bag that matched her fur-trimmed black leather coat and black micro-miniskirt.
"I'm very happy," the 22-year-old Beckham said, before the two drove off in his silver-blue Jaguar.
Their romance is said to have begun months ago after Posh Spice watched Beckham playing for Manchester United.
The couple is not expected to marry for at least a year. Over the coming six months the Spice Girls will be touring and Beckham will be on a gruelling World Cup schedule.
Britain's Press Association said Posh Spice had presented her fiance with a diamond-encrusted gold band.