It was the night Victoria Beckham had always dreamed of. 

Even though her beloved estranged son, Brooklyn, was notably absent, she couldn’t help but smile as she hosted the glamorous premiere of her eagerly awaited Netflix documentary, simply titled Victoria Beckham.

Lady Beckham, 51, was joined by her husband Sir David for the unveiling of the three-part series last night which follows her journey from Spice Girl to WAG and now fashion designer. 

By their parents’ side were the couple’s sons Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 20, the latter’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 29, and daughter Harper, 14, for the celebration at London’s Curzon Mayfair cinema.

And after the premiere to end all premieres it was only right that a lavish after-party might follow at exclusive Mayfair members’ club, 5 Hertford Street.

But it was yet another poignant moment and perhaps a painful reminder that things have changed for the Beckham gang.

For it was just over two years ago that Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz were in attendance for the premiere of David’s show, Beckham, which was held at the same venue.

While Victoria and her husband have reconciled that they won’t see their eldest son for the foreseeable future, he and Nicola are ‘always missed’ at family gatherings following the fall-out which came to a head when the pair shunned all of David’s 50th birthday celebrations.

Speaking at the premiere, Victoria thanked Brooklyn, along with her other children, for their support.

Paying tribute she said thanks ‘to my husband for convincing me and forcing me – giving me no choice, David.

‘My children, Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, Harper and David. Oh no, he’s not a child. It has taken this process to realise I am enough.’ She added: ‘This process really forced me to reflect on my journey and it has been emotional.

‘It’s been a year of intense therapy and it really made me realise a lot. I want to thank my mum and dad, my brother and my sister. I’d like to thank the Spice Girls, I love you.’

Despite Brooklyn’s absence, it was a night of delight for Victoria, who was dressed in a gown from her own collection – because there was a mini Spice Girls reunion which was only incomplete because Melanie Brown is currently away on business in the US.

She did, however, send Victoria flowers to wish her luck for her big night yesterday. There, though, were Geri Halliwell-Horner, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm.

Geri was joined by her husband Christian who made their first public appearance since it emerged that the former Formula 1 team principal received an £80million pay off from his former employer, Red Bull. Geri was dressed in her trademark white as she posed for the cameras.

A source close to Victoria said: ‘Victoria is so happy that the Spice Girls could be there. She just loves being with them so much.

‘They are a huge part of her journey and they are featured a lot in the documentary. It was a shame that Mel B wasn’t there but she was away, and on this occasion nobody was not there because of any in-fighting.’

Also there for the knees-up, which began with a champagne reception in the iconic cinema, were Victoria’s parents Jackie and Tony Adams, as well as her sister Louise and her children.

The documentary will certainly be much talked about. During the three episodes, the former Posh Spice tells how she suffered from an eating disorder after she didn’t like what she saw in the mirror and also for the first time sees her share her fears of how her fashion label would go bust after spending so many years in the red.

Before the first two shows were screened, Victoria got up on stage to thank David and her children for their support, as well as her team at her fashion label.

Daughter Harper wore a black dress from her mother’s collection.

Also in attendance were actress Eva Longoria and fashion designers Tom Ford and Roland Mouret.

Leading the way, actress Eva – who is godmother to her daughter Harper – put on a glamorous display in a dazzling white gown as she linked arms with her husband José Bastón.

Geri and Emma were accompanied by respective family members after supporting Victoria at the Curzon. 

Geri – resplendent in a cream dress and matching cardigan – was joined by stepdaughter Olivia, while Emma arrived on the arm of her 18-year-old son, Beau Jones.   

Dressed head-to-toe in white, Victoria, 51, was a vision as she slipped into a thigh-high split skirt and structured blazer from her collection. 

Victoria gushed she’s so proud to be with her family as she shared snaps from the premiere on her Instagram.

She wrote: ‘I’m so proud of what we’ve built together and to be here with my family tonight. Thank you to the incredible people that worked so hard to make this happen. I love you all so much! x’ 

Victoria revealed she suffered from an eating disorder which she became good at lying about so she could hide it from even her closest family.

In her Netflix documentary, Victoria Beckham, the former Spice Girl confesses how she ‘didn’t like’ what she saw when she looked in the mirror so began to control her weight in what she describes as an ‘incredibly unhealthy way.’

Posh shares for the first time her torment at being body shamed, something which started when she was at theatre school when she was a teenager but she was dishonest about even to her beloved parents Tony and Jackie.

Speaking on the three-part series, Victoria says: ‘I really started to doubt myself and not like myself and because I let it affect me, I didn’t know what I saw when I looked in the mirror.

‘Was I fat? Was I thin? I don’t know, you lose all sense of reality. I was just very critical of myself. I didn’t like what I saw. I have been everything from porky posh to skinny posh, I mean, it’s been a lot and that’s hard.

‘I had no control over what was being written about me or the pictures that were being taken and I suppose I wanted to control that. I could control it with the clothing, I could control my weight. I was controlling my weight in an incredibly unhealthy way.

‘When you have an eating disorder you become very good at lying. And I was never honest about it with my parents. 

‘I never spoke about it publicly, it really affects you. When you’re told constantly you’re not good enough. And I suppose that’s been with me my whole life.’

Victoria, who catapulted to fame in the mid-90s with the Spice Girls, also recalls a moment when she was weighed by live on television by Chris Evans on his Channel 4 show TFI Friday to see if she had lost her baby weight just months after giving birth to her eldest son Brooklyn back in 1999.

While at the time she was all smiles, today she reveals the toll that it took on her as a 25-year-old new mum.

‘I was weight on national television,’ says Victoria. ‘Get on those scales, have you lost the weight?’ we laugh about it and we joke about it but I was really, really young and that hurts.’

Victoria’s body confidence agony began when she was just a teenager and won a place at the Laine Theatre school in Epsom, Surrey – which she reveals her parents funded by remortgaging their house in Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire.

She tells how despite her hard work she wasn’t the best dancer, or indeed singer. But she also told how she looked different to her classmates.

‘I didn’t look like a lot of the other girls,’ she says. ‘That’s where I started getting a lot of criticism about my appearance, my weight.

‘I remember the principle of the theatre school saying to me, you know, at the end of the show we are going to just fly in. “You girls can be flown in” meaning that we weren’t looking as aesthetically pleasing as some of the others, ‘so we’ll just fly you in the back.’

Victoria’s mother Jackie also adds that the star was told ‘you’re overweight. You’ll be at the back.’

She added; ‘It must have affected her, it’s a very silly thing to say to someone, “you’re fat”.’

The documentary follows Victoria in the run-up to her Paris Fashion Week show in September 2024 – the biggest catwalk occasion she had ever thrown. 

Viewers will see how the weather left her and the team at her label on tenterhooks as they feared they would have to postpone it.

But it also takes viewers on the former singer’s journey from a Spice Girl, to a WAG, right through to the present day as a fashion designer.

It is nothing if not candid, and at times Victoria’s voice shakes as she holds back tears about some of the more difficult times in her life. 

Amongst them was when her VB label was millions in the red and was on the verge of closure.

After launching it in 2008, she was repeatedly bailed out by husband David which made her a laughing stock. 

For the first time Victoria tells of her upset at almost losing the London-based firm and the ’embarrassment’ it caused.

‘This business is everything to me, it’s absolutely who I am but it has been a hell of a journey. I almost lost everything and that was a dark, dark time,’ she says.