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Posh to release 'affair' record
By Nicole Lampert and Sam Greenhill, DAILY MAIL
femail.co.uk - 11th April 2004
Most women in her situation would be hiding away from the world as they came to terms with news of their husband's infidelity.
But Victoria Beckham is not most women.
There have been the lovey-dovey photo-shoots. The joking around with photographers. A fashion parade of outfits.
And now she apparently plans to use the furore surrounding her husband's alleged affair with his personal assistant Rebecca Loos by putting out a record.
Trying to convince manager
She is acutely aware that she has not had a Number One single since the Spice Girls broke up.
It is rumoured that she is trying to convince her manager, Simon Fuller, to bring forward the release of her next single, which was planned for late summer.
Sources say she has told him she believes all the publicity surrounding the allegations might as well be used for something - particularly as much of the British public is feeling sorry for her.
"She is trying to demand that the record is brought forward," said a friend who spoke to her on Wednesday.
"She told him, 'I'm on all these front pages anyway, so we might as well make use of it'.
"Simon completely disagrees and is trying to talk her out of it. He thinks it would be complete madness and that she is only saying this to mask her upset." Victoria 'in denial'
The source added that Victoria, 29, was still "in denial" about the affair. "She has got her head in the sand and I think this is her way of coping," he said.
"I think if she genuinely believed it was true she would be behaving very differently."
Last night aides close to the singer pointed out that she had to appear untroubled for the sake of her children.
"People forget that in the middle of all this are two little boys," said one.
"Victoria can't ignore them just because she might be feeling down - she has to make out that everything is okay."
Publicity offensive
Since the allegations about Beckham emerged on Sunday, the footballer and his wife have put on a publicity offensive.
By Monday, they were pictured arm-in-arm on their Swiss skiing holiday, with even Victoria abandoning her usual pout to show a smile. On Tuesday they were together on the slopes and when they went out for lunch she sat on his knee.
And just in case any of the photographers might have missed her, she started yesterday with an 'impromptu' photocall - just as she had done the day before.
There has also been a range of fashionable ski wear on show. On Wednesday there were two sets of Mogul Hi ski wear, all black in the morning and all white in the afternoon.
Yesterday a new outfit of low-cut white trousers and a mini black jacket was on show as she went for lunch with her family.
The image that nothing is wrong in the relationship will continue on Sunday when Victoria goes to watch her husband play for Real Madrid against Osasuna.
There are also rumours of a statement from the couple in which they will categorically deny that Beckham had any relationship with Miss Loos.
Criticism
Publicist Max Clifford, who handled the story of the affair, has criticised Beckham's publicity team on one front. "They should have had the power to keep it out of the papers," he said. "That is half the job of a good PR."
Victoria's determination to carve out a successful solo career has been cited as one of the reasons behind the couple's problems.
She spent weeks at a time recording with rap producer Damon Dash in America, meaning she was rarely in Spain with her husband.
But the album she recorded with Dash will never see the light of day after Fuller told her it would never sell.
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