Victoria Beckham claims her and David's lavish wedding was actually 'more intimate than it looked' as she recalls details from the special day
Victoria Beckham has revealed her lavish wedding was actually 'more intimate than it looked'.
The Spice Girl, 48, married footballer David Beckham at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland in 1999 in front of their famous friends and family, with the couple famously pictured sitting on a pair of matching golden thrones during the day.
Despite the nuptials being covered as part of a lucrative magazine deal, Victoria is adamant the wedding wasn't as fancy as it appeared.
Speaking to The Business of Fashion as part of the BoF VOICES 2022 event, she said of her big day: 'I think that the media glamorised the wedding much more than it actually was ... [It was] actually much more intimate than it looked.'
She added: 'I love to have fun. I work very very hard. I take what I do very seriously. I want to be a great wife, a really great mum, but I wanna have fun as well. Sometimes my tongue-in-cheek sense of humour does tend to get me in trouble, but the wedding wasn't as huge as everybody made it out [to be].'
Sparing no expense, the power couple hired Bentley's Entertainments, organisers of Elton John's birthday as well as Princess Anne's 40th, to mastermind the highly-publicised showbiz event.
Their picturesque Irish venue sat on 560 acres and dated back to the 18th century, with organsier Peregrine Armstrong-Jones telling OK! how 'Victoria wanted somewhere really private and unique, somewhere leafy and green'.
Wedding: Victoria Beckham has revealed her lavish wedding was actually 'more intimate than it looked'
Loved-up: The Spice Girl, 48, married footballer David Beckham at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland in 1999 in front of their famous friends and family
She had hired Simon Lycett, who worked on the 90s rom-com Four Weddings And A Funeral, to set up the floral arrangements - complete with fresh apples which had been pierced and dotted around the castle in order to discharge the scent of fruit.
With David rocking up in a £230,000 Bentley Azure wearing a cream suit designed by Timothy Everett, Victoria sported a Vera Wang dress as she rode in style in a Bentley Arnage.
She commanded attention in a diamond-and-gold crown, which was custom-built by Slim Barrett who had previously crafted accessories for Princess Diana.
Christmas crackers: It comes after Victoria donned a hilarious hoodie reading 'All I want for Christmas is David Beckham', while cuddling up to her former footballer beau
They have now been married for 23 years and Victoria admits she didn't realise they would become such a well-known power couple.
She said: 'I don't think I realised when I met David quite what the two of us together would be. When you took David in Manchester United and then you took me in the Spice Girls it was huge. I mean everywhere that we went we were followed by fans and paparazzi and constantly being talked about.'
Victoria was also asked about rumours which suggested the pair were only together to 'build a brand' and she scoffed at the gossip, saying: 'I'm like, listen, we've been married for 25 years [sic] now. If I didn't genuinely love this man - I mean, 25 years is a long, long time.'
However, she conceded: 'I suppose a whole brand was born at that time.'
It comes after Victoria donned a hilarious hoodie reading 'All I want for Christmas is David Beckham', while cuddling up to her former footballer beau.
Victoria and David looked every inch the loved up couple as she sat in his lap while he wrapped his arms around her for the photo.
David got into the festive spirits as he donned a Santa hat while posing with his wife.
Victoria also shared a snap of herself posing in the white personalised hoodie, which she teamed with blue skinny jeans.
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