Victoria Beckham slapped her husband, David, “hard on his face” following allegations he’d had an affair with his former PA, writes Tom Bower.

The investigative journalist’s new book The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power, which is being serialised by the Mirror before its release on June 20, takes a deep dive into the relationship of one of the most influential couples in the world, including those Rebecca Loos rumours.

The former PA’s decision to go public with claims of an affair with David – which the former footballer denies- led to Victoria saying the aftermath was the “hardest period” for the married couple. It was an allegation that tore the Beckhams apart and was at the heart of their recent Netflix documentary.

David Beckham denies having an affair with his former PA, Rebecca Loos ( 
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Tom Bower’s new bombshell book, The House of Beckham

Loos, who was let go by Beckham’s agency SFX, later sold her story to the New of the World, alleging an affair with the footballer. The Beckham’s’ PR advisors, the book claims, quickly orchestrated a stage-managed show of togetherness for the couple on holiday in the Alpine ski resort of Courchevel to try and offset the damage to Brand Beckham.

“In a bravura performance the couple clung to each other – she with an iron grip on his hand. Then they performed a piggy-back and smiled,” Bower writes. But behind closed doors things reportedly turned ugly. Bower continues: “Once the show was over they disappeared into their chalet….as everyone drifted off, one journalist looked through the Beckhams’ chalet window. Posh was slapping Beckham hard on his face. Beckham, famous for his ‘short fuse’, did not retaliate.”

With David denying having an affair at the time, the couple put Brand Beckham first and carried on making mega money and bringing up their four children. The world had almost forgotten the scandal – until the famous family let Netflix cameras into their home for a must-watch documentary about David’s life on and off the pitch.

Fans were shocked to see the former Man Utd star address the alleged infidelity for the first time publicly, but even more so to hear from the artist known as Posh Spice break her silence on the scandal. Speaking out about the claims for the first time in almost two decades, admitting her marriage almost came to an end, she told Netflix viewers: “We were against each other.”

In an intense moment in the series, when director Fisher Stevens inquired how they coped with the media frenzy, David shared: “There were some horrible stories that were difficult to deal with. It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under that kind of pressure in our marriage.”

Victoria admitted in her solo interview that she and husband David have faced the ‘hardest times’ during their stint in Spain when he played for Real Madrid. She confessed: “100 percent. It was the hardest period for us. Because it felt like the world was against us. And here’s the thing; we were against each other, if I’m being completely honest. You know, up until Madrid, sometimes it felt like us against everybody else. But we were together. We were connected. We had each other.”