Sir David Beckham marks 26th wedding anniversary with sweet note
The former footballer exchanged vows with the Spice Girls star at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland on July 4, 1999
The former footballer exchanged vows with the Spice Girls star at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland on July 4, 1999
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Sir David Beckham marked his 26th wedding anniversary by posting a sweet note to his wife Victoria Beckham.
The former footballer exchanged vows with the Spice Girls star at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland on July 4, 1999 and David has now marked 26 years since their big day by thanking the singer-turned-fashion designer for giving him four "beautiful children" and helping him carve out their lives together.
In a post on social media, David shared snaps of their big day and wrote: "26 years today you said YES to me.
"Happy Anniversary and thank you for giving me our beautiful children and building the life that we have together. I love you Lady Beckham."
He also tagged the couple's three sons - Brooklyn, 26, Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20 - and added a mention for their 13-year-old daughter Harper.
The anniversary comes as David recovers from wrist surgery after going under the knife to fix complications from a injury he sustained in a football match more than 20 years ago.
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A recent X-ray showed a screw that was used to patch up the problem at the time had embedded in his forearm after it didn't dissolve properly.
However, David has been recovering well and has even been gardening with his wife Victoria.
She shared a video of him checking out the cucumber haul from their garden and wrote: "Overperforming on the cucumber front Sir David."
In the video, David is casually dressed, with his injured arm wrapped up and encased in a sling.
A source previously told The Sun newspaper of Beckham's injury: "David has been in pain for years but thought nothing of it.
"He just kept going until, in recent months, it became quite unbearable. "A routine scan showed that the pin which was meant to have dissolved, hadn't - so he was booked in to finally resolve the issue all these years later.
"Victoria was at his bedside post op and all went well. He's in great spirits."
The couple has been celebrating since David was knighted in King Charles' Birthday Honours last month for his services to sport and charity.
The sportsman declared he felt "incredibly humbled" by the accolade.
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He said in a statement: "Growing up in East London with parents and grandparents who were so patriotic and proud to be British, I never could have imagined I would receive such a truly humbling honour.
"To have played for and captained my country was the greatest privilege of my career, and literally a boyhood dream come true."
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