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Beckham a fashionista from early age

Beckham a fashionista from early age
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English football icon David Beckham revealed to the BBC he had an eclectic taste in clothes even from aged six when as a page boy he chose the more flamboyant of the two available outfits. The 41-year-old former England skipper -- who won 115 caps -- is married to fashion designer and former pop star Victoria but he too has become something of a fashion darling with his dress sense down the years.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star's fashion choices have included nail varnish, a sarong and a braided hairstyle. His ability to appear on the front pages of the newspapers as well as the sports pages irritated United manager Alex Ferguson. However, as he tells BBC Radio programme 'Desert Island Discs' when it came to the wedding at which he was to be a page boy he had little hesitation in which costume to choose. "I had two options, just a normal suit or the option of burgundy, velvet knickerbockers with white tights and white ballet shoes, and I chose that, believe it or not," he said. "I felt great. My dad looked at me as if to say, 'really, is that what you picked?'"

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Real-life 'Q' is a woman, British spy chief reveals

The Goan Network
Published Jan 30, 2017, 12:00 AM IST
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The inventor behind James Bond's ingenious gadgets, codenamed "Q" in the spy films, exists in reality and is actually a woman, the head of Britain's MI6 espionage agency has said. "The real-life Q is looking forward to meeting you, and I'm pleased to report that the real-life Q is a woman," Alex Younger said at a women's technology awards ceremony recently in London.Q, the head of gadgets at foreign intelligence service MI6, has always been played by a man in the Bond…

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