Secrets, sulks and spats: tabloid tell-all makes explosive claims about ‘power couple’ David and Victoria Beckham

New biography of Posh and Becks paints unflattering portrait of couple and their marriage

David Beckham and wife Victoria at 2008 Met Gala in New York. Photo: Getty

Katie Strick
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Victoria Beckham punched her husband David in the face after the first reports of him cheating. She’s so tight with money she once put Marks & Spencer crisps on expenses during a photo shoot. And the couple hit such a low point in 2016 that they barely spoke.

These are just some of the juiciest allegations made by biographer Tom Bower in his new book about the Beckhams, The House of Beckham, branded “a symphony of snide” and “a ghastly portrait” of a couple locked in a devil’s bargain depending on which of the early reviewers you ask.