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Why Victoria Beckham is moving to France

Posh plans to come back to Europe - to save her marriage

Victoria Beckham wants to be taken seriously as a fashion designer

Watching tormented David Beckham hit breaking point as his US football career turns to dust has proved too much for Posh. 

She’s planning a new life in France for the sake of their relationship.

Victoria, 35, fears the verbal taunts could intensify and worries that the family could be physically attacked.

‘The way the fans have reacted to David has broken her heart,’ reveals our insider. ‘Victoria’s terrified that something may happen to her boys [Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, 6, and Cruz, 4].

‘But they can’t go back to England because it’d be seen as a sign that they’ve flopped in America. If they move to France, Victoria can still carry on with her fashion range and David can play top-class football.

'Most importantly, the family will feel safe and they can be a unit again – unlike the past year, which they’ve spent mostly apart while David’s been in Milan.’

The Beckhams are on the verge of moving full-time to their sprawling estate in the quaint town of Bargemon on the French Riviera.

Now spoke to Pierre Blanc, the local mayor, last Wednesday and he confirmed that he’d met with the couple for 5 hours last month and showed David, 34, around a local school along with Brooklyn and Victoria’s dad Tony Adams.

They also checked out an international school, which teaches the National Curriculum in English.

Mr Blanc tells us: ‘Yes, David paid a visit to the town hall to see me for a chat and then we went to visit the local primary school. Later, his wife joined us for a simple dinner in La Taverne. It was very low-key.’

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp all have homes in that area of Provence and, because French privacy laws are so tight, photographers aren’t allowed to hound them.

‘They get papped in St Tropez, but the Beckhams’ house is out in the countryside,' says a Beckham associate. 'The locals in their village only have three channels on their TV. No one in France really cares about them, which they love.’

chris_white@ipcmedia.com

See the full story about Victoria and David Beckham in Now magazine dated 10 August 2009 - out now!