Victoria Beckham and husband David kiss as she celebrates birthday

Victoria Beckham proved she’s just as in love with her husband David as ever 23 years after the couple got married as she celebrated her 49th birthday on Monday.

The fashion designer took to Instagram to share a picture of herself locking lips with the former footballer, 47, as she celebrated her birthday in Miami, Florida, with the star captioning her post: ‘In the middle of nowhere with my favourite person @davidbeckham.’

Former Spice Girl Victoria could be standing on the very tips of her toes as she reached up to give her taller husband a kiss on the lips.

She showed off her impeccable sense of style in a cute white mini dress as she stood barefoot on the beach.

David dressed in casual attire, opting for a pair of black shorts, leaving the body art on his legs on show, and a T-shirt to match in the same colour.

David wore a straw hat with some blue and white material around it, with the couple both holding a drink each in one hand.

Taking to her Instagram Stories, Victoria shared a clip of herself sitting on David’s shoulders as he waded through the crystal clear water during their trip.

She could be seen giving a thumbs-up to the camera before teasingly tapping David on the cheeks and glancing back over her shoulder to look at the camera as the couple passed.

The ex pop star wrote on her post: ‘He’s got me x.’

Victoria shared a slew of other snaps to Instagram on Monday as she marked her birthday in the United States with her husband David and their children, minus middle son Romeo, 20, who remained at the family home in London.

She even swapped her annual celebratory watermelon for a huge meringue, which she enthusiastically tucked into while cosying up to David.

Sharing a picture of her eating her sweet treat on social media, David wrote: ‘Yep… and she eats cake.’

Victoria has been known for her strict diet in the past and David has previously claimed he’s watched eat the same meals of grilled fish and vegetables like clockwork for the past 25 years.

But the artist formerly known as Posh was in the mood for some change on her birthday as she bought an £800 bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 12 Year Old Special Reserve whiskey for her and her guests to enjoy.

‘I love you,’ Victoria wrote alongside a photo of her daughter Harper, 11, her eldest child Brooklyn, 24, and his wife Nicola, 28, inside a swanky restaurant.

Heiress Nicole and budding chef Brooklyn beamed while posing with the Wannabe hitmaker’s birthday cake at the table.

In a family shot, Cruz, 18, cheekily grabbed his father’s crotch while cutting a trendy figure in a snazzy animal print shirt and a blue baseball cap.

Victoria wrote in her caption: ‘Celebrating meeeeeee!! last night.

‘I love u all so much!! We miss u @romeobeckham! Kisses @davidbeckham @brooklynpeltzbeckham @cruzbeckham #HarperSeven xx.’

While the ex Spice Girl claimed the snaps had been taken ‘last night’, the full clan wore the same outfits as their ‘peace summit’ held over Easter.

Victoria and Nicola spent the Spring holiday at the £76 million Peltz family manor in Palm Beach, Florida, with the Beckham brood popping over for an Easter egg hunt.

It was said to be a ‘peace summit’ for the families, who have been plagued with rumours of a fall out ever since Nicola tied the knot with Brooklyn Beckham last year.

Despite posing for a family snap on Thursday, Victoria and her eldest son’s wife still appeared to keep a slight distance from one another.

According to body language expert Judi James, the family snap fails to show ‘signs of bonding’ between Victoria and Nicola – as the latter appears outcast in the snap.

Brooklyn shared the family picture to his Instagram Stories, penning: ‘Love you guys so much’ as he tagged his family members.

According to body language expert Judi James, the family’s positioning in the picture signals that ‘there are not really defining definitive levels of bonding’.

After analysing the snap, she told MailOnline: ‘If Brooklyn and Nicola are back in the bosom of the family why are they posed apart, flanking David and Victoria rather than together and in between them? You’d expect the parents to be doing the flanking, to signal Brooklyn and Nicola are loved as a couple in the heart of the family unit.’

Noting that the inclusivity focuses on David, Victoria and Brooklyn, rather than the family as a whole, Judi acknowledges that the former footballer has his arms around his son like a protective parent. While Victoria’s head and pelvis is tilted towards the boys too.

‘Victoria has left one straight arm handing between herself and Nicola, which creates the effect of a barrier. Nicola seems to have her right arm placed behind Victoria’s back but there is no reciprocal response from her mother-in-law,’ shared Judi.

Continuing that it’s more of a celebration for Brooklyn than Nicola, she adds: ‘It’s as though Victoria is celebrating having Brooklyn back in the fold and has slightly forgotten Nicole. There is a similar ‘echo’ gesture from Brooklyn though, as he stuffs his left hand in his pocket rather than wrapping it around his dad.

‘Nicola’s wide smile suggests she’s happy to send out signals of family unity and her mirroring rituals imply a desire to look like one of the family. Her left arm is placed around Harper’s shoulders in a gesture that mirror’s David’s embrace of Victoria and her leg positioning matches her mother-in-law’s perfectly.’

The cold war began when Victoria and Nicola clashed over her wedding dress and the Transformers star accused her new mother-in-law of stealing the limelight at her wedding.

The Beckhams refused to pay for Brooklyn’s US green card, a source claims, and, most recently, the one-time Spice Girl snubbed her son and daughter-in-law for her new Paris Fashion Week show, says another family insider.

Though the newlywed chef and Transformers actress are happy and fawning over each other, trouble had reportedly been brewing between their two houses for some time.

A source who knows Nicola well said the drama began around her and Brooklyn’s Palm Beach, Florida, wedding – and only escalated.

As a celebrity designer, many in the fashion world assumed Victoria would be designing Nicola’s wedding dress. But instead, the bride appeared on the May cover of Vogue in Valentino couture.

Nicola later gave an interview insisting that ditching Victoria’s offer was not designed to be a slight against her new mother-in-law.

‘I was going to and I really wanted to, and then a few months down the line, she realized that her atelier couldn’t do it, so then I had to pick another dress,’ she told Variety last month.

But one insider said Nicola ‘never’ intended to wear Victoria Beckham at her wedding.

‘She was always just going to let her design something. But she was never going put that on her,’ the source said. ‘She has too many actually talented designer friends.

‘It’s like when you have an in-law, and they say they make the best meatballs, you hate meatballs, but you let them cook it anyway. That’s exactly what happened.

‘She was never, ever going to wear it.’

Another source with knowledge of the dress controversy was led to believe Nicola really was considering wearing her mother-in-law’s design, but was left in the lurch at the ‘last minute.’

‘Valentino was concerned that they didn’t’ have enough time to do the dress because Victoria didn’t tell the Peltzes that her atelier couldn’t make the dress for Nicola until the last minute,’ the second source said.

After the dress drama unfolded, Nicola became offended when David and Victoria’s close friend ​​Marc Anthony gave a gushing speech at her wedding – all about Victoria, according to one insider.

‘It was totally just an ode to Victoria and how awesome she is. Nicola loves to be the center of attention, especially on her wedding day. So this really, really p***ed her off,’ the source said.

‘She stormed off in the middle of her wedding reception with [sister] Brittany and her mom, and was crying her eyes out.’

With the dust apparently settled on Sunday, Beckham daughter Harper gleefully ran around the grounds collecting chocolate treats, while the other members of the family were seen out enjoying the sunshine and bonding together.

In the year since aspiring chef Brooklyn and his heiress wife’s lavish nuptials, the family has been plagued with rumours of a fallout between the latter and mother-in-law Victoria.

According to The Sun, they decided to throw a big family Easter to welcome back Brooklyn and Nicola returning from their trip to Tokyo for the holiday.

An insider told the publication: ‘The couple have spent the last few days in Tokyo but wanted to gather both families in Palm Beach for a low-key Easter Sunday dinner to commemorate their first year as a married couple.’

Victoria and David have been spending time in the US over recent weeks, joined by their two youngest children.

And with their eldest son based so near, the celebration appears to work out perfect for the clan.

They last reunited in March for Victoria’s catwalk show during the city’s Fashion Week, which also coincided with Brooklyn’s birthday later that week.

Celebrating as a family, the fashion designer was supported by her husband and children for the show. While they enjoyed a day out in the French capital for Brooklyn’s birthday celebrations.