David Beckham and Victoria Beckham’s marriagehas survived for decades despite beingplagued by affair rumors.

The special day made history due to a lucrative deal the couple made with the British magazine OK!

According toThe Guardian, Richard Desmond of OK!

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magazine wanted his publication to have exclusivity over the Beckham’s wedding pictures.

Alan Edwards, Victoria’s agent, was shocked when Townsend called him and offered that much.

and he said, ‘No, Hello!

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The Beckham wedding issue of their magazine garnered four times as many sales as usual about 1.5 million copies!

Magazine the linked financial and surprise value of the exclusive could be seriously compromised."

Townsend remembered security guards booting out unauthorized paparazzi that had infiltrated the wedding venue Ireland’s Luttrellstown Castle.

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sold: 1.7 million, higher than what The Guardian printed in 2004.

Victoria’s gone on record saying it wasn’t as big a deal as it seemed.

I mean, yes, it was in a magazine.

Yes, we sat on thrones.

You know me and David, I love to have fun."

So, but the wedding was really, it wasn’t as huge as everybody made it out.

… And it was actually much more intimate than it looked."

For more on their relationship, check outtheir secret to a long marriage.