Victoria Beckham Stands By 'Working Class' Claim Despite Her Husband's Doubts

In an interview with Nicole Kidman, the former Spice Girl opened up about her childhood, sharing memories of being driven to school in a Rolls-Royce.

Despite her husband’s well-documented doubt, Victoria Beckham is reaffirming her claims of having had a “working-class” upbringing.

The former Spice Girl spoke candidly about her childhood in an interview with actor Nicole Kidman that appeared in Vogue Australia last week. In her chat with Kidman, she once again recalled being driven to school in a Rolls-Royce but said that wasn’t indicative of her family’s finances at the time.

“I came from a working-class background, and so my dad, in the ’80s, he was an entrepreneur, he started his business with my mum at the kitchen table and he did very well, so he bought himself a Rolls-Royce,” she explained. “We went to a regular school and we didn’t live in a big house, and the minute he made money, he went and bought himself a Rolls-Royce. One day we’d go to school in the Rolls-Royce and one day we’d go in the van because he’d still work, he was an electrical wholesaler, and he was very much a worker.”

Beckham went on to note that she and her two siblings, Christian and Louise, would frequently “beg” their father to take them to school in the van so that they wouldn’t seem ostentatious.

“Like, we were mortified at the idea of going in the Rolls-Royce. How things have changed!” she said. “Nowadays, I’d be like, don’t worry about the van, let’s go in the Roller! But in those days, we just wanted to fit in.”