WHEN 24-YEAR-OLD Manchester United footballer David Beckham married 25-year-old âPosh Spiceâ Victoria Adams on 4 July 1999, in matching white-and-champagne Vera Wang, on golden thrones, not only was an enduring image created of the couple as self-appointed royalty, but Brand Beckham was officially born. Though both already rich, successful and influential in their own right, together, David and Victoria instantly became far greater and more powerful than the sum of their parts.
And that was no accident. Even back then, as two high-profile working parents of four-month-old Brooklyn (who served as a ring-bearer in a miniature white suit of his own), the Beckhams refused to delegate duties for the big day, instead curating every aspect in minute detail.
âThey chose the photographer, the make-up artists, the flowers â they handpickedâŠ
