‘Are you divorcing me?’

about it with friends. A friend of the couple said: ‘Victoria was taken aback, but she found the whole thing very funny. They spoke about it and laughed a lot. They have absolutely no idea where or how it started. It’s quite the mystery.’

The rumours began on Friday after Victoria, 44, posted a picture of herself on Instagram cuddling her six-year-old daughter Harper, with the caption: ‘So much love.’

Meanwhile, The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the Beckhams will show a united front next month when they appear as a family for the first time in a shoot for Vogue.