Before David Beckham, Victoria Beckham was first engaged to a local electrician named Mark Wood.
In a newly published report by the Daily Mail after David and Victoria's 25th wedding anniversary, the news outlet revealed that the Spice Girl initially dated Mark, who worked for her father's electronic supply business.
The pair reportedly met at St. Mary's High in Cheshunt when she was 14. From there, they live together in the family's home in Goff's Oak in Hertfordshire.
In 1994, Victoria tried her luck and auditioned for the Spice Girls. Shortly after, Mark proposed to the then-20-year-old musician.Victoria and Mark were never married, and they split in 1996 after six years of dating.
However, she still referred to herself as Victoria Adams Wood during the early days of her career with the Spice Girls.
"For some reason we got engaged. He was an alarm engineer. If only he'd stayed in the cupboard that I met him in at my mum's house," Victoria said in a 2002 interview.
The "Wannabe" singer left her ex unimpressed with her comment, prompting Mark to slam her on Victoria Beckham's Secrets in 2004.
At the time, Mark claimed Victoria "went like an express train" and that she had different b----.
"As they always say, revenge is a dish best-served cold," a spokesperson for Channel 5 said at the time. "Mark has never spoken before in public about his relationship with Victoria but feels it is time to set the record straight. Mark was quite hurt by what she said and doesn't intend to spare Victoria's blushes."
Victoria found love again after their split and started dating David. They tied the knot in 1999 after two years of dating.
On Instagram, the 50-year-old mom-of-three and the former footballer marked their 25th wedding anniversary in separate posts. They shared photos from their wedding celebrations through the years and even wore their iconic purple getups.
Before the anniversary, Beckham appeared on the "Smartless" podcast, where he gushed about their relationship.
"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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