Victoria Beckham: Having a Daughter Was a Dream Come True

When Victoria Beckham found out she was expecting baby No. 4, she was thrilled — even if it was going to be a fourth son.

“I was told when I had my scan that I was having another boy at first,” the designer, mom to sons Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, 12, and Cruz, 10, said Wednesday night during a talk about her fashion label at New York’s 92nd Street Y. “I felt so lucky to be pregnant, so whether Harper was going to be a boy or a girl I felt very blessed.”

But just before her due date, she got a “lovely surprise”: doctors told her she was in fact expecting a daughter. And that, she said, was a dream come true.

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Though Harper is into her mother’s stylish line of work, being the younger sister of three boys — and the daughter of retired soccer superstar David Beckham — influences her a lot.

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“Harper loves football,” Beckham said of her 3½-year-old, adding, quite jokingly, “It’s like a dagger going into my heart!” Following her brothers around the house in her own little jersey, “it’s very sweet,” the proud mum shared. “As much as she is girly, she’s a tomboy as well.”

Describing herself and David as “hands-on” parents, Beckham, 41, said the couple has done everything possible to keep the kids grounded, as evidenced by the recent news that Brooklyn has a weekend job.

“He’s been working for two-and-a-half years,” Beckham said. “He enjoys it — it’s not like he puts up a fight. And it gives him a little bit of cash when he’s going out with his friends.”

While it’s obvious the Beckham kids’ lives are different than that of your average set of siblings — Romeo’s Burberry ads, for instance, which Beckham said she initially hesitated to let him do — “None of the kids have ever been spoiled,” she said, “other than the way that we love them. They’re really happy kids. There’s always laughter in the house.”

That was especially true when she sat down to watch the Spice Girls’ 1997 movie Spice World with the crew. “They laughed,” she admitted. “They found it quite funny.”

With so much happiness at home, is there a chance for a fifth child for the couple? “No,” she was quick to say, with a laugh. “I’ve got four! I feel like I’ve done my bit.”

— Kate Hogan