Victoria Beckham picks up some new sparklers
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Updated: 2006-04-27 15:51
Victoria arrives at Asprey's flagship store in
London's Bond Street with a camera crew in tow. She visited the outlet to pick
out jewels for her forthcoming World Cup charity auction.
Victoria "Posh" Beckham and her husband David leave their
London hotel 04/25/06
They say some things in life are free to those who can afford them and very
expensive to those who can't, and that certainly seemed to be the case when
Victoria Beckham swept into jewellery firm Asprey's flagship store on Monday.
After an hour of negotiations with the company's chairman, Lord Dundas, the
England skipper's glamorous wife succeeded in securing some impressive sparklers
free of charge.
Victoria's visit to the Bond Street store wasn't motivated by a desire to
enlarge her own collection of diamonds, however. Instead she had gone along to
ask the Asprey boss, who is an old friend of the singer, to make a contribution
to her forthcoming Full Length And Fabulous charity auction.
The mum of three, who was looking elegant in a retro-style Roland Mouret
skirt accessorised with a vintage Hermes bag, will host a glitzy bash to raise
money for Unicef and the Prince's Trust next month. She and her husband will
welcome a roll-call of stars from the worlds of showbiz and sport when they
throw open the doors of their Hertfordshire mansion for the pre-World Cup party.
Soul legend James Brown is expected to perform a one-off duet with Robbie
Williams at the event. But David might be forgiven for being more interested in
another musical collaboration, as World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst has agreed to
sing with the Tonedef All Stars on a new version of the Dad's Army theme tune
which is being recorded to celebrate England's latest bid for glory. Becks will
be hoping the emulate the legendary athlete's success in the 1966 final, when he
scored three goals against West Germany to win the sporting world's most coveted
trophy.
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