All About Victoria Beckham’s Parents, Jackie and Anthony Adams

Victoria Beckham’s parents undoubtedly influenced her life and success.

The British designer and Spice Girls student famously insisted she came from a “working-class” family in the Netflix documentary series 2023. Beckhamalthough in the now viral clip she admitted that her father did drive her to school in a Rolls Royce.

Born in Essex, England in 1974, Victoria is the eldest daughter of Jackie and Anthony Adams. While her parents had humble beginnings, they managed to start their own electronics supply company.

“My dad worked very hard to have the money to have a nice house,” said Victoria Vogue In 2017, she also said, “My family raised me telling me that I could achieve absolutely anything. Whenever I said I couldn’t, my dad just wouldn’t listen.”

Following in her family’s entrepreneurial footsteps, Victoria has launched a number of successful businesses including her eponymous fashion line and Victoria Beckham Beauty cosmetics line. She married soccer star David Beckham in 1999, and the couple has sons Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Romeo Beckham and a daughter Harper.

Here’s everything you need to know about Victoria Beckham’s parents, Jackie and Anthony Adams.

They got married in 1970 and have three children

Victoria Beckham with parents Jackie and Anthony Adams and sister Louise Adams.

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Jackie and Anthony married in 1970 and welcomed their first child, Victoria, in 1974. They had two more children, daughter Louise and son Christian, and raised their family in Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom

In 2022, Victoria shared a tribute to her parent on their 52nd wedding anniversary via Instagram. “Happy anniversary!! 52 years!!” she captioned a pair of photos of the couple, “We love you both so much!!! Your marriage is an inspiration to us every day.”

They founded the company together

Victoria Beckham with her parents Jackie and Anthony Adams.

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Jackie worked as an insurance clerk and hairdresser while Anthony was an electronics engineer. Later, they founded an electrical supply business together.

During the technology boom of the 1980s, the company achieved tremendous success and helped the family build its fortune.

They built their family house

Jackie and Anthony Adams with Victoria Beckham as a baby.

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Now an affluent district, Victoria’s hometown of Goffs Oak was much more rural when she was a child. Jackie and Anthony bought the family home over 40 years ago and have added to it over the years.

“They bought it as a shell and built everything themselves,” said Victoria Vogue during a tour of my parents’ house in 2017. “I remember my mom cooking on a camping stove because we didn’t have a proper kitchen.”

“I would never have thought that all those years ago Vogue he would shoot me in my parents’ house,” she added.

Anthony drove a Rolls Royce in the 80s

Victoria Beckham and Anthony Adams.

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In a now-viral moment from their Netflix documentaries, BeckhamVictoria tells the cameras that she and David come from “very working-class families”.

David then pokes his head into the room and playfully interrupts the interview with the question: “Be honest.” In which car did your father drive you to school?” After some back and forth, Victoria admits that her dad drove a Rolls Royce in the 1980s.

In response to the internet frenzy surrounding the clip, Victoria created a T-shirt with the slogan “My dad had a Rolls Royce”, which was released by her fashion label.

“I can’t fight it anymore, yes, my dad drove me to school in a Rolls Royce! 😂 Kisses @David Beckham,” the designer captioned a TikTok video promoting the item.

Jackie was strict with Victoria’s clothes as a teenager

Victoria Beckham and Jackie Adams.

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Victoria said Vogue that as a teenager Jackie refused to let her dress like her fashion idol, Sandy from the movie musical Fat.

“Did I have a perm that was a little tasteless? That. Was I wearing weird jeans? That. Have I ever looked out of place? Not until the Spice Girls,” she told the magazine in 2017. “My mom would never let me go out dressed like that.”

Jackie, however, was less strict about her make-up. Victoria also recalled how her mother dabbed lipstick on her cheeks as a cream blush because she thought her daughter looked too pale.

Victoria was taught about business and finance

Anthony Adams and Jacqueline Adams attend the Victoria Beckham dVb Collection presentation at Holt Renfrew on February 26, 2008.

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Jackie and Anthony’s business acumen inevitably rubbed off on Victoria. The designer said she and her siblings were involved in the business and often helped their parents pack orders in the living room.

We were always a part of what they did, said Victoria Vogue in 2017.

Victoria was also taught to be financially responsible. The fashion designer explained for Vogue that she had a part-time job at a hardware store, she was instructed to put half her salary into a special bank account “for taxes”.

“They don’t teach you that in school,” added Victoria.

They empowered Victoria to make her dreams come true

Anthony Adams and Jacqueline Adams attend the Victoria Beckham dVb Collection presentation at Holt Renfrew on February 26, 2008.

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Victoria credits her parents for encouraging her to achieve her goals.

“My family raised me telling me I could achieve absolutely anything,” she said Vogue 2017. “Whenever I said I couldn’t, dad just wouldn’t listen. He would say, what do you mean you can’t? Why? Why? And I do that to my own children as well.”

Jackie and Anthony remain proud of their daughter’s musical career. At their home in Goffs Oak, they have a shed where they store 3,000 scrapbooks filled with Spice Girls clippings and memorabilia.

They love spending time with their grandchildren

PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 30: (L-R) Cruz Beckham, Harper Beckham, David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Romeo Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham at the Victoria Beckham Spring/Summer 2023 show in Val-de-Grace on September 30 , 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Darren Gerrish/WireImage for Victoria Beckham).

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Victoria often enjoys family outings with her parents. In December 2023, she posted a series of photos on Instagram from a night out with David and their children and Jackie and Anthony.

“A special night with my family. I love you all so much x,” she captioned the photos, which appeared to have been taken at the restaurant.

In her 2017 Vogue In an interview, the designer said that the family also likes to spend time at Jackie and Anthony’s home.

“My mom and dad are happiest when we’re all here,” she told the newspaper.

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