David Beckham and Victoria Beckham's Wedding: A Look Back at Their 1999 Nuptials

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham mark 25 years of marriage on July 4, 2024

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham mark 25 years of marriage on July 4, 2024, and the couple are still going strong.

When Victoria and David first met at a soccer match in 1997, she was best known as Posh Spice from Spice Girls, and he was playing for Manchester United. They got engaged just a year later and tied the knot on July 4, 1999, at Luttrellstown Castle in Dublin, Ireland.

Though not many photos were made available from the big day, over the years, the couple have shared peeks at their nuptials with fans on social media, including when Victoria posted a video of the pair cutting their wedding cake on Instagram as they celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary in 2023.

Since they got married, David and Victoria have welcomed four children: sons Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper. In that time, they've also renewed their vows, as David revealed in a January 2017 interview with BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, adding that only "about six people" were present for the ceremony.

During a May 2024 appearance on Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett's SmartLess podcast, David shared the secret to his long marriage: leaning on each other through the good and bad.

"Of course, when you're with someone for that amount of time, of course you have your ups and downs, everybody knows that and at the end of the day we were lucky because we had each other at those moments," he said.

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From their super exclusive ceremony to the bride's gown, here are all the details of David Beckham and Victoria Beckham's 1999 wedding.

They hosted their wedding at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland

David and Victoria chose Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin as the venue for their nuptials, which reportedly cost $800,000. The 15th-century castle, which includes 20 bedrooms and a ballroom, is part of a private 560-acre estate that made for an exclusive fairytale venue.

They exchanged vows in front of 29 guests

David and Victoria exchanged vows in front of 29 guests, and as the pair said their “I do's,” a dove was released. A flag was also raised above the castle that read “V. B. D.” standing for Victoria, their son Brooklyn and David.

For the reception, they reportedly welcomed a much larger guest list of about 230 people. David and Victoria famously sat on matching gold thrones and shared their first dance to Frank Sinatra’s recording of “It Had to Be You.”

While the couple’s wedding was regarded as grand, Victoria later told The Business of Fashion that the celebration was over-glamorized.

"I think that the media glamorized the wedding much more than it actually was,” she said at the publication’s VOICES event in 2022. “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 humor does tend to get me in trouble, but the wedding wasn't as huge as everybody made it out [to be].”

The Spice Girls were among the star-studded guests

In addition to family members, the pair’s guest list was packed with stars, including Victoria’s fellow Spice Girls, Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice).

Also in attendance were some of David’s Manchester United teammates, including Gary Neville, Dwight Yorke and Ryan Giggs. The couple’s close friend Elton John was there and had intended to sing at the wedding, but he had a heart attack before the affair and opted out of performing.

Despite their star-studded guest list, Victoria told Business of Fashion that the pair only invited their loved ones. “We had the football team there. We had the Spice Girls there, and it was family and friends, and it was actually much more intimate than it looked,” she said.

Victoria wore a Vera Wang wedding dress

For the ceremony, Victoria tapped iconic bridal designer Vera Wang to create a silk pleated ballgown in a champagne hue featuring a sculptural strapless neckline and a 20-foot train. She accessorized the gown with an 18-karat gold tiara by Slim Barrett adorned with brilliant-cut diamonds.

While the tiara was later put up for auction by the jeweler in 2013, Victoria held on to her now-iconic wedding gown. She donned it in a video for British Vogue in September 2018 while joking about her “super simple” style.

Their son Brooklyn was ring bearer

Four months before they tied the knot, the couple welcomed their first child, Brooklyn Beckham. He served as the ring bearer at their ceremony and was dressed in an all-cream outfit to match David’s suit, which included a satin cravat, a pinstripe vest and a long suit jacket.

They changed into matching purple outfits for their reception

The newlyweds changed into color-coordinated purple outfits designed by Antonio Berardi for the reception. Victoria sported a mermaid gown with a red-and-purple floral embellished strap, while David wore a double-breasted suit with a purple flower attached to his lapel. Even Brooklyn matched with his parents in a purple hat, suit and bib.

In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in January 2017, David opened up about their matching ensembles.

“I even had a top hat in purple,” he joked. “What was I thinking? I looked like the guys out of Dumb and Dumber.”

In October 2021, Victoria reflected on their history of wearing coordinated outfits during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. "It just seemed like a really good idea at the time, you know? It really did," she said. "I think it was a naiveté then. We didn't know about fashion. We were just having fun with it, which, to be honest with you, is kind of the way it should be."

They cut their multitiered wedding cake with a saber

David and Victoria served a multitiered cake designed by British artist and sculptor Damien Hirst, according to The Knot. The dessert featured alternating layers of apples and chocolate cake, greenery and gold leaf. It was inscribed with “Victoria & David” in diamonds and had a nearly-nude sculpture of the pair as a topper.

In July 2023, Victoria shared a clip of the newlyweds cutting into their grand wedding cake with a saber before sharing a quick kiss.

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