7 revelations from the explosive House of Beckham biography: allegations range from David’s affairs and the couple’s media war, to Meghan Markle’s ‘posh’ envy and boob job advice from Anna Wintour

Jun 29 , 2024

What are some of the biggest revelations about the Beckhams from new biography The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power? Photo: @victoriabeckham/Instagram

Tom Bower’s new book alleges that David Beckham had 5 extramarital affairs, and a journalist reportedly saw Victoria hitting him in the face while the couple put on a ‘bravura performance’ in public

Other claims include Meghan Markle wanting to be posher than Posh Spice, Anna Wintour advising Victoria Beckham to have her breast implants removed … and then there was David’s Nazi ‘T-shirt’

Investigative journalist Tom Bower’s controversial biography of the Beckhams – The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power – just hit shelves last week. Reviews suggest that there’s nothing new to know here, but Bower emphasises that his work looks into the truth behind Brand Beckham as opposed to the “glossy, heavily controlled” image – to quote GB News anchor Camilla Tominey – presented in the recent Netflix docuseries Beckham.

A veteran of the bombshell tell-all genre, Bower is best known for his scandalous unauthorised biographies, including, in October 2022, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors. Per The House of Beckham’s blurb, he hopes to tell an “astonishing story”.

From claims about David Beckham cheating on Victoria Beckham with at least five women, to allegations of media manipulation, here are seven of the most explosive assertions from the book – that Bower claims is not at all “mean”.

1. How many affairs did David Beckham have?

David Beckham at the inaugural King’s Foundation Awards in London, on June 11. Photo: AFP

Bower alleges that David “always looked like he was evaluating each woman” he encountered at his agent’s London office, adding that the impression formed by some was that “he was rather creepy”.

The author adds that the football star had affairs with his then PA, Rebecca Loos, as well as model Sarah Marbeck (who Beckham called “Tinkerbell”, per Bower), sex worker Irma Nici, beauty salon owner Dannielle Heath, and Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins. David has denied the allegations, and Jenkins has also denied any involvement with the footballer.

2. Did Victoria Beckham really punch David Beckham in the face?

Victoria Adams, as she then was, shows off her ring as she and David Beckham announce their engagement in Cheshire, northwestern England, in 1998. Photo: PA Images via Getty Images

Bower also writes about the time following Loos going public about her alleged affair with David. The author claims that while David and Victoria put on a “bravura performance” in public, behind the scenes, Posh was “slapping Beckham hard on his face”, as a journalist allegedly saw through a chalet window.

Victoria also wrote in her autobiography Learning to Fly that when she heard rumours of the football star being unfaithful while she was pregnant with their first child, Brooklyn, she “swung at him”.

3. Did the couple feed negative press about each other?

Victoria and David Beckham at the Alibaba 11.11 Global Shopping Festival Countdown Gala in Shenzhen, in November 2016. Photo: EPA/Alibaba Group

Bower alleges that when cracks started showing in the Beckhams’ marriage in 2016, they turned on each other in other ways, too. Things allegedly got so toxic that each of their publicists “fed negative stories about the other side to their favourite tabloid journalists”, and David accused his wife and her publicist of “waging a media war” against him. Posh Spice also admitted in Netflix’s Beckham that during their worst rough patch, they were “against each other”.