[lang_en]Census data reveals that David Beckham is the descendent of a scavenger while one of Amy Winehouse’s immigrant ancestors was a humble fruit seller.

Forms from the 1911 census, which is online, show that the multimillion pound fortunes of the footballer and pop star would have been unimaginable to their forebears.

The documents shows that Beckham’s great-great-great grandfather, John Beckham, born in 1846, was employed by a London borough council as a scavenger, while his great-great-great grandfather William Beckham, born 1870, was working as a cart or van driver.

William lived with his wife Harriet and seven children in a house in Walworth, south London, at the time the census was carried out. His eldest daughter Martha, 19, was working as an artificial florist and his second eldest, Mary, was employed as a dressmaker. Two of the 10 children born to William and Harriet had died by 1911.

Winehouse’s background was similarly lacking in grandeur.

Like many European Jews, her maternal ancestors emigrated from Russia to London in the 19th century and were living in Spitalfields, east London, in 1911.

Abraham Grandish, born 1855, worked as a hawker selling fruit while his daughter Fanny, born 1895, was employed as a waterproofer. Her four younger siblings all attended school and a sixth child had died.

Debra Chatfield of findmypast.com website, which digitised the documents, said: “We knew Beckham and Winehouse had backgrounds in England and Wales so we did some research into their families to find out who their ancestors were.

“We used public records, birth, marriage and death indexes, to trace their parents and grandparents. It’s a relatively simple exercise.”

Beckham and Winehouse have not been told of the discoveries made about their ancestors’ identities, she added.[/lang_en]

[lang_en]Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been accused of having an established designer create her fashion label’s new collection.

Victoria Beckham is rumoured to have had significant help designing her new collection by established French designer Roland Mouret claims the Daily Mail. Sources say fashion insiders, many of whom gave Posh’s collection positive reviews, have noticed many similarities between Victoria and Roland’s dresses. “The similarities between the dresses are undeniable,” an unamed source at Mouret’s office told the paper. “It’s been a bit of a joke as to how much Roland has been involved.

We have all been convinced that Roland and Victoria must be in some kind of a business arrangement.” However, a spokesman for Victoria insists everything is above board, “Roland set Victoria up with his pattern cutter and also introduced her to his fabric suppliers.” They explained. “The seamstress atelier in Battersea was introduced to Victoria via Roland – they are a couture atelier looking after many London-based designers. There is no secret Roland has helped Victoria set up various aspects of her atelier in London.” Interestingly both Victoria and Roland Mouret are represented by Simon Fuller at 19 management.[/lang_en]

[lang_en]Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has slammed claims that she courts media attention.

Victoria Beckham has denied she, and husband David court media attention. “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,” she told The Times.

“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 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. Now I’ve got David.”[/lang_en]

[lang_en]The ex-Spice Girl turned fashion designer was not talking about them being accused of having affairs – which they deny – although that has now happened to both men.

Rather she said they shared the same method of visualisation for achieving their goals.

Just as ‘Golden Balls’ pictured a goal and then scored, she said, the chef visualised a delicious meal and then cooked it up.

Speaking about how she had increasingly used visualisation techniques since moving to California, where Beckham plays for Major League Soccer team LA Galaxy, she said: “I was talking to Gordon Ramsay and David about this the other day, and they’re the same.

“Gordon visualises a meal, then figures out how to prepare it. David visualises the goal.”

She used the same process to work out what costume she would wear the next day, she told The Times.

“I’ll lie in bed and think, what kind of look do I want to go for tomorrow? Then I find the pieces in my mind to create it.”

Gordon Ramsay might even have developed such techniques from the football field: he trained with Rangers in Glasgow as a teenager before a knee injury ended his fledgling sporting career.

Whether David Beckham has ever used his skill at winding a ball from a free kick past a keeper to create a perfect spaghetti bolognese is open to question.[/lang_en][lang_es]La ex Spice Girl convertida en diseñadora no estaba hablando de ser acusador sobre infidelidad – la cual ellos negaron – aunque eso es lo que les ha pasado a estos dos hombres.Victoria se refirió a que comparten el mismo método de visualizacion para lograr sus objetivos.

Asi como ‘Goldenballs’ se imaginó un gol y luego lo logró, el chef visualizó un delicioso plato y lo cocinó.Hablando sobre como ella ha utilizado cada vez mas las tecnicas de la visualizacion desde que se mudó a California, Victoria dijo: ”Estaba hablando con Gordon Ramsay y David sobre este tema el otro dia. Son los dos iguales.”Gordon visualiza una comida, luego calcula como prepararla.

David visualiza el gol.”Ella utiliza el mismo proceso para decidir que prenda vestira al dia siguiente, le contó al diario The Times ”Me acuesto en mi cama y pienso que tipo de estilo quiero para vestir mañana? Luego encuentro las prendas en mi mente para crearlo”.
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