David Beckham and Victoria Beckham Celebrate Their 26th Wedding Anniversary: See Rare Photos From Their 1999 Nuptials

David Beckham and Victoria Beckham are celebrating 26 years of marriage.

The mates sewage joined successful an picturesque wedding astatine Luttrellstown Castle successful Dublin, Ireland, connected July 4, 1999. Since they sewage married, David and Victoria person welcomed 4 children: sons Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.

In that time, they've besides renewed their vows, David revealed successful a January 2017 question and reply pinch BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. He added that only "about six people" were coming for that ceremony.

Only a fewer photos person been made nationalist from their exclusive 1999 nuptials; however, complete nan years, nan mates person shared moments from their wedding connected their societal media, including erstwhile Victoria posted a video successful 2023 of nan brace cutting their wedding cake as they celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary.

During a May 2024 quality connected Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett's SmartLess podcast, David shared nan concealed to his agelong marriage: leaning connected each different done nan bully and bad.

"Of course, erstwhile you're pinch personification for that magnitude of time, of people you person your ups and downs, everybody knows that and astatine nan extremity of nan time we were lucky because we had each different astatine those moments," he said.

From nan bride's gown to nan couple's matching purple reception outfits, present are each nan specifications of David Beckham and Victoria Beckham's 1999 wedding.

They hosted their wedding astatine Luttrellstown Castle successful Ireland

David and Victoria chose Luttrellstown Castle extracurricular Dublin arsenic nan venue for their nuptials, which reportedly costs $800,000. The 15th-century castle, which includes 20 bedrooms and a ballroom, is portion of a backstage 560-acre estate.

They exchanged vows successful beforehand of 29 guests

David and Victoria exchanged vows successful beforehand of 29 guests. As nan brace said their “I do's,” a dove was released. A emblem was besides raised supra nan castle that publication “V. B. D.,” opinionated for Victoria, their boy Brooklyn and David.

For nan reception, they reportedly welcomed a overmuch larger impermanent database of astir 230 people. David and Victoria famously sat connected matching golden thrones and shared their first creation to Frank Sinatra’s signaling of “It Had to Be You.”

While nan couple’s wedding was regarded arsenic grand, Victoria later told The Business of Fashion that nan ceremony was over-hyped.

"I deliberation that nan media glamorized nan wedding overmuch much than it really was,” she said astatine nan publication’s VOICES arena successful 2022. “I emotion to person fun. I activity very very hard. I return what I do very seriously. I want to beryllium a awesome wife, a really awesome mum, but I wanna person nosy arsenic well. Sometimes my tongue-in-cheek consciousness of joke does thin to get maine successful trouble, but nan wedding wasn't arsenic immense arsenic everybody made it retired [to be].”

The Spice Girls were among nan star-studded guests

In summation to family members, nan pair’s impermanent database was packed pinch stars, including Victoria’s chap Spice Girls, Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice).

Also successful attendance were immoderate of David’s Manchester United teammates, including Gary Neville, Dwight Yorke and Ryan Giggs. The couple’s adjacent friend Elton John was location and had intended to singing astatine nan wedding, but he had a bosom onslaught earlier nan matter and opted retired of performing.

Despite their star-studded impermanent list, Victoria told Business of Fashion that nan brace only invited their loved ones.

“We had nan shot squad there. We had nan Spice Girls there, and it was family and friends, and it was really overmuch much friendly than it looked,” she said.

Victoria wore a Vera Wang wedding dress

For nan ceremony, Victoria tapped Vera Wang to create a silk pleated ballgown successful a champagne hue featuring a sculptural strapless neckline and a 20-foot train. She accessorized nan gown pinch an 18-karat golden tiara by Slim Barrett adorned pinch brilliant-cut diamonds.

While nan tiara was later put up for auction by nan jeweler successful 2013, Victoria held connected to her now-iconic wedding gown. She donned it successful a video for British Vogue successful September 2018 while joking astir her “super simple” style.

Their boy Brooklyn was ringing bearer

Four months earlier they tied nan knot, nan mates welcomed their first child, Brooklyn Beckham. He served arsenic nan ringing bearer astatine their ceremonial and was dressed successful an all-cream outfit to lucifer David’s suit, which included a satin cravat, a pinstripe vest and a agelong suit jacket.

They changed into matching purple outfits for their reception

The newlyweds changed into color-coordinated purple outfits designed by Antonio Berardi for nan reception. Victoria sported a mermaid gown pinch a red-and-purple floral embellished strap, while David wore a double-breasted suit pinch a purple flower attached to his lapel. Even Brooklyn matched pinch his parents successful a purple hat, suit and bib.

In an question and reply pinch BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs successful January 2017, David opened up astir their matching ensembles.

“I moreover had a apical chapeau successful purple,” he joked. “What was I thinking? I looked for illustration nan guys retired of Dumb and Dumber.”

In October 2021, Victoria reflected connected their history of wearing coordinated outfits during an quality connected The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

"It conscionable seemed for illustration a really bully thought astatine nan time, you know? It really did," she said. "I deliberation it was a naiveté then. We didn't cognize astir fashion. We were conscionable having nosy pinch it, which, to beryllium honorable pinch you, is benignant of nan measurement it should be."

They trim their multitiered wedding barroom pinch a saber

David and Victoria served a multitiered barroom designed by British creator and sculptor Damien Hirst, according to The Knot. The dessert featured alternating layers of apples and cocoa cake, greenery and golden leaf. It was inscribed pinch “Victoria & David” successful diamonds and had a nearly-nude sculpture of nan brace arsenic a topper.

In July 2023, Victoria shared a clip of nan newlyweds cutting into their wedding barroom pinch a saber earlier sharing a speedy kiss.