David Beckham reveals what helps him and wife Victoria stay together
David and Victoria Beckham have renewed their wedding vows.
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he couple tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Ireland in 1999 and David admitted that their renewal ceremony was a much more tasteful affair. S
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eaking to Kirsty Young for a special 75th anniversary edition of Radio 4's 'Desert Island Discs', he said: We did throw a lot at it. We have renewed our vows since then and it was a lot more private, there was about six people there in our house." Re
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erring to the thrones they sat on at the wedding and their eye-catching outfits, he added: "That was pretty bold. Victoria's was pretty nice. "Mi
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e, I'm like what was I thinking? I even had a top hat in purple. What was I thinking?" Davi
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, 41 and Victoria, 42 - who have four children together - have had a number of ups and downs during their marriage but he insisted that they are still deeply in love. He sai
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: "Of course you make mistakes over the years, we all know marriage is difficult at times and it's about working through it. "Whenev
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r we've come up against tough times, we know each other better than anybody knows us so we talk. "Do we s
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ay together because it's a brand? Of course not. We stay together because we love each other. "We stay
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ogether because we have four amazing children. Of course we go through tough times. When we go through tough times we work through it as a unit, as a family." David also
praised his parents Ted and Sandra for providing him with a strong work ethic. He said: "T
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e only time my dad said you know what son you've done really well was when I got my 100th cap. "From time t
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time he'd say great game. It makes me emotional. Probably, everybody wants to make their parents proud."
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