David Beckham gives wife Victoria a helping hand as he sweetly ties her shoelaces in heartwarming throwback snap
They’ve been married for over 20 years.
And David Beckham proved the love was still strong for his wife Victoria as he was seen tying her shoelaces in a sweet throwback snap.
The image, shared by their son Brooklyn, 21, shows the former footballer, 44, assisting his fashion designer wife, 45, with her shoes during the at the Dior Homme Menswear in January.
Happy couple: David Beckham proved the love was still strong for his wife Victoria as he was seen tying her shoelaces in a sweet throwback snap
Brooklyn was clearly feeling the love for his parents as he re-posted the black and white snap, captioning it ‘love you mum and dad’ alongside a red heart emoji.
Harking back to the fashion show during Paris Fashion Week, Brooklyn’s post showed the moment David showcased his chivalrous side as Victoria was unable to tie her own shoes due to her trousers being ‘too tight’.
Taking to Instagram at the time to share the fun video, which saw David helping her out as she wrote: ‘Backstage at @dior! Thanks davidbeckham for tying my shoes when my pants r so tight I can’t bend down x’
Sweet: The image, shared by their son Brooklyn, 21, shows the former footballer assisting his fashion designer with her shoes during the at the Dior Homme Menswear in January
It comes weeks after David recalled the moment he first met wife Victoria at one of his football games back in 1997.
The former Manchester United midfielder later struck up the courage to speak to her after the Spice Girl ‘had a few drinks’ in the players lounge.
Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, David revealed he even kept a souvenir from their first meeting, as he still has the train ticket stub on which Victoria wrote down her number for him.
David had first spotted Victoria at one of his matches the week before, but she had been with her manager and bandmate Sporty Spice, aka Melanie Chisholm.
Helping hand: Before the show, David hilariously helped her tie her shoelaces as her ‘trousers were too tight’
Amused: Taking to Instagram to share the fun video, she wrote: ‘Backstage at @dior! Thanks davidbeckham for tying my shoes when my pants r so tight I can’t bend down x’
He recalled: ‘We knew of [the Spice Girls], obviously, because they were pretty big at the time, and I was just establishing myself in the Manchester United team.’
Explaining that his wife had ‘obviously’ been his favorite Spice Girl, he added: ‘I didn’t get to talk to her that day, but then the week after, she came back up to Manchester to watch another game.’
Determined not to let her slip away again, David revealed: ‘She’d had a couple of drinks, so I decided, ”Why not?” I’d try to get her number.’
Phone number: David revealed during a chat show visit last month that he still has the train ticket stub on which Victoria Beckham wrote down her phone number for him in 1997
‘We talked for about an hour in the player’s lounge. And she’d actually got the train up that day, so she wrote her number down on her train ticket, which I still have.’
The crowd sighed, as Jimmy said, ‘And here you are 20 years later.’
‘Twenty years later, and four kids later,’ David affirmed, referring to his sons Brooklyn, 20, Romeo, 17, Cruz, 15, and eight-year-old daughter Harper.
He added that Victoria and he will have been married for 21 years in July.
Cute couple: David first met wife Victoria Beckham at one of his football games back in 1997 (the couple are pictured later that year)