How a music video changed David Beckham's life as he knew it

David and Victoria Beckham have a love story for the ages – and it all started with a music video.

In an interview on SiriusXM's This Life of Mine with James Cordon, the football legend, 48, recalls the moment he set eyes on the woman who would become his future wife.

He says he was in his room with Manchester United icon Gary Neville when Spice Girls' Say You'll Be There started playing on the television.

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"That was when I turned around to Gary and said, 'I'm gonna marry that one in the short black dress,'" he admitted.

Right from the beginning David says he "just fancied her".

"I really just fancied her. I did.

"I didn't know what she was like as a person. I just actually fancied her like most people did at that time, and I didn't know who I was marrying [or] who I was going to be with for the rest of my life."

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He admitted on the radio show he "didn't realise what a strong woman she was". But ultimately, that's what attracted him to her more than anything.

"I like a strong woman, and I like the fact that she works hard. I like the fact that she's a great mum," David said. 

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David Beckham and Victoria Beckham's family life in pictures

"I like the fact that she looks after me sometimes, most of the time, and you know, we've created this life with four amazing children, which are the most important things in our life."

The pair tied the knot in an extravagant wedding ceremony in Ireland on July 4, 1999, and went on to have four children, Brooklyn, 25, Romeo, 21, Cruz, 19 and Harper, 12.

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