Happy birthday, David! The fantastic Mr Beckham turns 37 today, with plenty of reasons to celebrate.
Not only is he ELLEs first solo male cover star, but hes also the force behind a major bodywear collection for H&M, an advocate for British sports in our Olympic year, and a doting father of four. True, football, his day job, matters toobut were more interested in all of the above than any Match of the Day segments, no matter how Beckham-ful.
Although youll have to wait until the beginning of June for our #BeckhamELLE issue to hit newsstands, were pleased to share a teaser video from the shoot with you now in honour of our stars birthday.
Subscribe to ELLE by 16 May to receive a limited-edition cover and a special video message that David filmed for our subscribers. The first 50 subscribers to sign up can look forward to receiving a David Beckham fragrance along with the issue.
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Music: Sarah Williams White - Hide the Cracks.
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We hung out around the pool with David Beckham on a sunny day in Los Angeles. Hear him talk about everything from being a cover star to sarong...
