WHEN most people talk about marrying a pop star they fancy, no one takes them seriously.

But, then again, David Beckham is not most people.

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David reveals some of the secrets behind his happy relationship to wife VictoriaCredit: AFP

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Victoria shows off her sparkler with David in 1998Credit: PA:Press Association

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David and Victoria with Cruz, Harper, Romeo, Brooklyn and Brooklyn’s wife Nicola last yearCredit: Getty
Now, 25 years after his fairytale wedding to Spice Girl Victoria, the footie ace has revealed some of the secrets behind the staying power of Brand Beckham.

The 48-year-old former Manchester United player and England captain said: “I was sat in my room with [team-mate] Gary Neville, the Spice Girls song Say You’ll Be There came on TV and I turned around and said, ‘I’m going to marry that one in the short black dress’.

“I just really fancied her, and I really fancied her when I first met her. I didn’t know what she was like as a person, I just fancied her like most of the people did at the time.

“I didn’t know who I was marrying, or who I was going to be with for the rest of my life.

“I didn’t realise what a strong woman she was, and that is what really attracted me to her more than anything, because in all honesty, I like a strong woman.”

Speaking on James Corden podcast This Life Of Mine, Becks added it would take years to fully discover what he deeply loved about Victoria.

He said: “Yes, she’s beautiful and yes, she’s sexy, but I like the fact that she works hard.

“We’ll be 25 years married in July, we’ve been together 27 years, and we were only saying to each other the other day that we actually quite like each other.

“It’s important to after being together for so many years.

“We can still have dinner and laugh and joke, or not say anything to each other, and that’s the important part of being in a relationship.

Victoria Beckham swoons over topless husband David Beckham in Diet Coke man moment
“Having quiet moments with my wife and my kids and my family is the place where I’m happiest.”

‘I start crying’

David and Victoria, 49, are parents to sons Brooklyn, 25, Romeo, 21, and Cruz, 19, along with 12-year-old daughter Harper.

The three boys have flown the nest, but the family are as close as ever.

And David says he has been much softer on his kids than his own dad Ted, 76, was with him.

Ted coached him in his first youth team, Ridgeway Rovers, before David went on to attend the Bobby Charlton Soccer School in Manchester.

In 1991, at the age of 16, Becks signed with Manchester United, where he won the FA Youth Cup in 1992 before making his Premier League debut three years later.

Having quiet moments with my wife and my kids and my family is the place where I’m happiest

David Beckham

David explained: “My dad very rarely turned around to me and said, ‘Well done, boy. You did well today’.

“He was so tough on me as a young kid, especially with my Sunday League football team.

“Sometimes he’d say it, but then he’d say, ‘This is what you can do better and this is what you should be doing, and if you just did that, you would be able to score or cross those balls like that’.

“Because of that, I never really sat down and thought, ‘Do you know what, I’m playing for Man Utd, playing for England. I’m great’.

“I would never allow myself to think that.

“He never told me I’d done well really until my hundredth [England] cap. That was the first time my dad turned around to me and said, ‘You’ve made it, boy’.

“I’m an East End boy, I grew up liking my hair to look a certain way, and nice trainers and nice clothes and nice cars and a watch, and I couldn’t afford it as a youth player — I was earning £27.50.

“With Victoria, we lived for a certain amount of time in her mum and dad’s house.

“That day, she went into her room to get ready, and I went into my room to go get ready and we both came out, and she had all leather on and I had all leather on.

“On other occasions we might have said to each other, you know what, you wear that and I’ll wear that and it kind of goes well together.

“But on this occasion we both came out in full leather.

“I turned round to her and said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we could turn up on a motorbike?’.

“The worst idea in the world — I couldn’t ride a motorbike at the time, and I wasn’t allowed to.

“That night could have been a lot worse.”

But by the sounds of it, their marriage could not be much better.

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Becks with Lionel Messi who signed to Inter MiamiCredit: instagram

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The power couple will be celebrating 25 years of marriage in JulyCredit: Getty

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Victoria in her signature Spice Girls lookCredit: PA:Press Association