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as usual for his wife, Victoria who tweeted her 11.3 million followers about her latest fashion range just hours after the emails surfaced.

Beckham left the US on Thursday afternoon aboard a British Airways plane after partying with Poppy Delevingne at the West Hollywood hotspot The Friend.

Travelling first class on the flight, alongside The Voice coach Will.I.Am, he landed at Heathrow shortly after 11am on Friday, hours before the story broke.

Airport onlookers said he looked “relaxed”. And he seemed unperturbed yesterday as he watched Brooklyn, 17, in action at a skateboard park. Last night PR expert Mark Borkowski said: “If you’re being flown all over the world the costs will rack up and the basic problem is that these things have slipped out. It’s not helpful but, then again, people don’t realise the complexities that go into celebrities being involved with charities. Even these games shows that you see on TV, where people play for charity, they still get paid.”

Meanwhile Vicky Browning, chief executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, said: “His relationship with Unicef has been incredibly helpful for the charity in terms of raising money and raising awareness.” She added: “It’s not unreas onabl e for people whose time is highly valuable to get sensible recompense for their expenses.” A spokesman for Beckham said last night the leaks were “outdated material taken out of context from hacked and doctored private emails from a third party server giving a deliberately inaccurate picture”.

He added: “David Beckham and UNICEF have had a powerful partnership in support of children for over 15 years. The David Beckham 7 Fund specifically has raised millions of pounds and helped millions of vulnerable children around the world.

“David has given significant time and energy and has made personal financial donations to the 7 Fund and this commitment will continue.

“He and UNICEF are rightly proud of what they have and will continue to achieve together and are happy to let the facts speak for themselves.”