Victoria Beckham reveals her warning to David if he didn’t call her before she surprised him with a ‘Girl Power’ proposal as the couple reflect on their romance ahead of 25th anniversary

Victoria Beckham has revealed she took the lead when it came to the early days of her romance with husband David.

The couple celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on July 4 and the Spice Girl has revealed how her first conversation with the footballer cemented their romance as a long-lasting one.

After meeting at a Manchester United football match in 1997, Victoria and David hit it off immediately.

In her life story, Learning To Fly, Victoria recalled: ‘We looked at each other. We both knew. I said, ‘Go ahead, give me your number and I’ll call you.’ ‘No,’ he said, flashing. ‘Give me your number.’

As she left, Victoria warned David, “I said. “I’m telling you, Mr. David Beckham, if you don’t call me, I’ll kick your ass the next time I see you.”

The ironic threat worked and the couple embarked on a whirlwind romance, leading to them getting engaged just a year after they met.

Victoria describes in her book how, when a marriage proposal came to a country house in January 1998, she took control again.

David proposed to him with a ring worth £40,000, but she then gave him a diamond ring worth £50,000.

Recalling the moment, she said: ‘We were in our dressing gowns and David pulled out the ring, got down on one knee and said, “Will you marry me, Victoria?” I said, “Yes”, and then pulled out my own ring and said, “Don’t forget Girl Power, WILL YOU MARRY ME?”‘

David revealed that ‘he always knew he would be with Victoria’, even before they first met.

David, 49, said The sun that he first saw Victoria, 50, in a Spice Girls music video, and told his Manchester United teammate Gary Neville that he would ‘be with her’.

He said: ‘I always said once I met Victoria I would always be with her.

‘A few months before we met, I was abroad with the England team. Gary Neville and I were in the hotel room and a Spice Girls video came on.

“I think it was Say You’ll Be There. I pointed at the screen and told him, “That’s the girl for me and I’m going to get her.”

‘It was her eyes, her face. She is my idea of ​​perfection.”

Victoria shared a similar insight, saying, “I had my eye on David long before we met.

‘I remember doing an interview for a football magazine and they showed me pictures of different footballers.

“I had no idea who he was, but I remember thinking one word: Beautiful.”

David and Victoria first met in 1997 when she came to watch him at a Manchester United football match and he said ‘hello from across the room’.

Victoria recalled the meeting in a letter to her 18-year-old self in Vogue, writing: ‘While the other footballers are standing at the bar drinking with their friends, you see David standing to the side with his family.

“(He’s not even in the first team right now – you’re the famous one.) And he has such a cute smile. You are close to your family too, and you will think how similar he feels to you.”

Meanwhile, David also recounted the sweet moment during an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show: ‘She came to a football game – a soccer game – and I said ‘hi’ from across the room and that was it.

‘I thought I had missed my chance, and a week later she came to another football match. She’d had a few drinks and she gave me her number.’

Shortly after their first meeting, the couple went on their first date and they became inseparable.

Just months before the couple became Mr. and Mrs. Beckham, David and Victoria welcomed their first child together, son Brooklyn.

Although previously a popular couple, David and Victoria cemented their position as an emerging power couple when they married in 1999 after two years of dating.

The couple now has four children, Brooklyn is now 25, Romeo is 21, Cruz is 19 and Harper is 12.

In 2017, David also shared that it took years for him to discover what he loved most about his wife.

On James Corden’s This Life Of Mine podcast, he said: ‘Yes, she’s beautiful and yes, she’s sexy, but I like that she works hard. We have been together for 27 years and we recently said to each other that we actually quite like each other.

‘It’s important, after so many years together.

“We can still eat together, laugh and joke, or say nothing at all. That’s the most important thing in a relationship.

‘Having quiet moments with my wife, my children and my family is where I am happiest.’

The Beckhams cleverly transformed their beloved family into an ever-expanding business and real estate empire.

According to The Sunday Times Rich List 2024, Posh and Becks have a combined fortune of £455 million.

One thing David and Victoria have apparently never stopped doing is supporting each other.

Through their various business ventures and achievements, the couple always publicly congratulates each other after big wins.

In March, Victoria proudly watched the runway show of her latest collection during Paris Fashion Week.

As the Beckham empire continues to grow, David couldn’t contain his pride for his wife and took to Instagram to share his love for the fashion designer.

The former footballer praised how he was “so proud” of Victoria after she didn’t let an injury or protesters ruin her big night.

They also regularly share the most beautiful moments of their lives with fans on social media, establishing themselves as one of the most talked about power couples and even a role model for others.

Speaking of their relationship ELLE Spain in April, Victoria said: ‘My husband is an inspiration to me. Do we look like the couple from the Netflix documentary? Yes. We like to have fun, chat, dance, drink.

‘And laugh at each other. That’s what it takes to be happy. I really believe in laughter, family and friendship. I realize that we have become an example. People like to see relationships that last a long time.’