Victoria Beckham's hidden health battle and massive net worth with husband David

Victoria Beckham's new Netflixdocumentary was released in the UK on Thursday morning, with the three-part series seeing the former Spice Girl and fashion entrepreneur tell her story, two years after her husbandDavid released his own project with the streaming giant.

Across three episodes, viewers are taken behind the scenes as the 51-year-old looks back over her pop career, fashion empire and family life, charting the many highs and lows of a life played out in the public eye.

As part of the biggest girl groups of all time, Victoria had already achieved fame before her marriage to former Manchester United and England captain David, but it propelled her to superstardom, becoming one of the most recognisable and influential women in the world as part of the so-called 'Brand Beckham'.

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Having launched her own fashion label and beauty brand, in addition to music royalties, publishing deals and other ventures and investments, it is no surprise that Victoria has accumulated a vast personal fortune since first rising to fame as 'Posh Spice' in the 1990s.

Once you combine her own wealth with that of her husband - who once held the title of the world's highest-paid footballer - the Beckham's total net worth is an eye-watering £500 million, according to the 2025 Sunday Times Rich List.

While David's football career, endorsement deals and ownership of MLS side Inter Miamihas contributed to much of the couple's total wealth, Victoria's ventures and their combined brand power has also boosted it considerably.

However, in the documentary, she opens up on a "dark, dark time" when her fashion brand was on the brink of closure, having reported losses of £66million. The financial pressure she was under saw her become forced to rely on money from David to bail her out, before the former United star then refused to continue funnelling money into the business.

"I almost lost everything, and that was a dark, dark time," Victoria said. "I used to cry before I went to work every day because I felt like a firefighter. We were tens of millions in the red.

"Yes, I'm going home to my husband, but I'm also going home to my business partner. And so I would talk to him about it. I had to. He was invested. And I hated it. I absolutely hated it."

Recalling the discussions that "broke" his heart, David said: "She was a lot richer than me. She actually bought our first house in Hertfordshire, known as Beckingham Palace.

"So for her to have to come to me and say, 'Can I have some - we need some more money. The business needs more money,' that was hard for both of us because I didn't have the money to keep doing this, and eventually I was like, 'This cannot continue.'"

Victoria was ultimately able to turn around her brand's fortunes, but the documentary also sees her open up about a lifelong battle with her health, as she detailed her experiences with an eating disorder.

Discussing her life and career in the public eye, she recalls criticism of her appearance in the media, and the moment she was weighed on TV to see if she had 'lost the baby weight'six months after giving birth to her first son, Brooklyn. While she laughed at the time, Victoria admitted the experience "hurt" as she began to control her weight in "an incredibly unhealthy way".

"We laugh about it and we joke about it when we’re on television. But I was really, really young, and that hurts,” she said. “I really started to doubt myself and not like myself, and because I let it affect me, I didn’t know what I saw when I looked in the mirror ... you lose all sense of reality. I’m just very critical of myself. I didn’t like what I saw.

“I could control it with the clothing," she added. "I could control my weight and I was controlling it in an incredibly unhealthy way ... it really affects you when you’re being told constantly you’re not good enough.”

“When you have an eating disorder, you become very good at lying. I was never honest about it with my parents. I never talked about it publicly. It really affects you that you’re being told you’re constantly not good enough. And that’s been with me my whole life.”