Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham insists that she’s not courting fame and that her family’s lives are less fraught now they’re living in Los Angeles.

After experiencing life in the limelight in Britain, Spain and the US, she told The Times recently: “In LA, we can be freer. I think the obsession with celebrity is actually worse in the UK than in America.

“We lead our lives in a much more low-profile way than people think.

“I’m not going to The Ivy in Beverly Hills. I don’t think I’ve been to a premiere since we moved there. We’re not courting fame.

“I can give you a list of numerous restaurants that have underground parking so no one can get any photographs. I know all the restaurant kitchens in LA. Underground car parks and kitchens. That’s my grand entrance.”

She added it’s sometimes hard to make friends as a star - but “I don’t really care what people think. I never made friends easily.

“For years, when I was in the Spice Girls, those were my four best friends and we stuck up for each other. Now I’ve got David.

“Nothing has ever come particularly naturally to me. It’s made me a hard worker and very disciplined.”