THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE POSH PERSONA

Former Spice Girl turned designer Victoria Beckham opens up on fame, fashion and family in her new fly-on-the-wall documentary

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Victoria Beckham has opened up about a "dark, dark time" in her life, which she says pushed her to breaking point as she battled to save her ailing fashion business.

The former Spice Girl recalls going to work in tears as the stress of trying to establish her style empire amid spiralling debts took its toll.

Speaking in her new three-part Netflix docuseries, simply titled Victoria Beckham, she says, "I almost lost everything. I used to cry before I went to work every day because I just felt like a firefighter.

"It was like a snowball that was going down the mountain. We were millions of pounds in the red. I didn't know what to do and I was so desperate to save this business that I cared so much about. I felt, if I'm being completely honest, like I was breaking down myself." Posh, 51, admits husband David frequently had to bail her out financially -reportedly to the tune of £30 million on one occasion - putting pressure on their relationship behind closed doors.

"Yes, I'm going home to my husband, but I'm going home to my business partner as well, and so I would talk to him about it," she recalls. "I had to - he was invested. And I hated it. I absolutely hated it." Even David, 50, confesses to feeling the pressure as his wife's passion project swallowed up cash. "I was panicked by it, because I never saw anything coming back," he admits.

"And eventually I was like, 'This cannot continue."" But Victoria managed to turn things around - in August this year it was reported that her company, Victoria Beckham Holdings, had grown by 22% over the previous 12 months.

"I was constantly told I wasn't good enough in my youth and as a young adult, so I'm proud of what I've achieved," she says.