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 The A-list celebrity, who helped Manchester United achieve an
unprecedented treble of winning the Premier League, FA Cup and
UEFA Champions League in the 1998-99 season, said his family was
a "strong unit".
"People have talked about 'Do we stay together because it's a
brand?' Of course not," the 41-year-old told interviewer Kirsty
Young on BBC radio's Desert Island Discs on Sunday.
"We stay together because we love each other. We stay together
because we have four amazing children."
Beckham married Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice" in the globally
successful Spice Girls pop group, in 1999, creating a
high-profile celebrity partnership.
The footballer said the early stages of their relationship were
conducted in his new BMW in the far-from-posh setting of a car
park at a Harvester, a popular chain of pubs in Britain.
"We used to kiss, of course, and just spend time together," he
said.
Beckham was the guest for the 75th anniversary of Desert Island
Discs, a show that asks a "castaway" to pick eight recordings to
keep them company on an imaginary uninhabited island.
He failed to pick any Spice Girls' hits though.
He said his first two song choices, "Every Time We Say Goodbye"
by Ella Fitzgerald, and "What a Fool Believes" by Michael
McDonald & the Doobie Brothers, reminded him of his grandfather
and father.
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He said his dad would analyze every football game he played from the
age of seven.
"I knew that my dad would be proud of my achievements, but the only
time my dad turned around to me and said, 'You know what son you've
done really well', was when I got my 100th cap for England," he
said.
The footballer, who played for Real Madrid, LA Galaxy and Paris
Saint-Germain before retiring in 2013, said he would take his
England caps - awarded for appearances - as the one luxury granted
to each castaway.
His tracks also included "The Girl is Mine" by Michael Jackson and
Paul McCartney, dedicated to his daughter Harper, the youngest of
his four children.
There have been more than 3,000 episodes of Desert Island Discs
recorded since it was first broadcast on 29 January, 1942, and the
castaways have ranged from prime ministers and actors to
sportspeople and scientists.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Pravin Char)
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