'We dance to the beat of our own drum': Victoria Beckham flies the flag for the UK as she talks about being proud to be British
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She was born and bred in Hertfordshire, the leafy Home County just north of London and has established herself as a world-famous pop star and fashion designer.
But although she now currently resides in Los Angeles, Victoria Beckham is proud of her British roots - and doesn't mind saying so.
In a promotional video for the This Is GREAT Britain campaign, the couture queen talks about what makes the UK a great place to live, work and play.
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And action! Victoria Beckham gets ready to promote the UK in a special video for the GREAT Britain campaign
And she praises the creativity that these fair isles has to offer as she pays tribute to her fellow designers and musicians.
Victoria, 38, is the ambassador for the campaign, which was set up by VisitBritain to promote the UK overseas and has the former Spice Girl play a leading role in the ‘Fashion is Great’ part of the campaign.
And in a video released today, Victoria, looking very chic in one of her own designs, talks about her love for the UK and everything it has to offer.
'I grabbed it with both hands': Victoria spoke about being given the opportunity to become a fashion designer
'We're very creative': Victoria praised the British fashion industry and said she was blessed count herself among designers such as Stella McCartney, Burberry and Alexander McQueen
She starts the video talking about becoming a fashion designer and said: 'I always wanted to work in fashion and when I was given the opportunity I took that opportunity with both hands
'I want to empower women, I want to make women feel good about themselves and for me to be able to achieve the quality that I want to give my customer, I have to do that in London.
'I want to empower women, I want to make women feel good about themselves and for me to be able to achieve the quality that I want to give my customer, I have to do that in London.
'My brand is British, my team are all British, you can feel the energy as you're driving through London.'
'I mean, she's the Queen!' Victoria praised the monarch for being an icon on the weekend of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations
London calling: Victoria said she can only achieve the quality she wants for her clothes when she's in the capital
She added that one of her favourite places in London to visit when she was younger was the thriving and bustling Camden Market.
Victoria said: 'I remember when I was younger I used to love going to Camden Market on a Sunday, the energy, the atmosphere, it's really multi-cultural. That is more inspiring than anything.'
And she went on to gush about how great the British are and how many creative minds and voices have come from the UK.
Respected: Victoria sung the praises of American Vogue's British editor-in-chief Anna Wintour
A big influence: Victoria said she was a huge music fan and reeled off a list of great British bands and musicians
She said: 'You know, in Britain, we don't feel the need to conform, we dance to the beat of our own drum, we're individual, we're passionate, we're very very creative.
'In Britain we have some incredible brands, when you look at Burberry, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Mackintosh, Hunter - we have really cool, quality British brands and I'm really proud to consider myself one of those.'
As one fifth of the Spice Girls - nicknamed Posh Spice in their heyday - she said music was still a big influence.
Ready for her close-up: Victoria's make-up artists put the finishing touches to her lips before she started filming
Is that me? Victoria started giggling at a drawing of her in one of her hand-to-ear poses
She said: 'I love music. David loves music - but he can't dance. When you look at the talent in Britain over the years, Stone Roses, Oasis, The Beatles, the Spice Girls, Adele, we really have a lot of talent and British music, again, like fashion, is very very cool and very very relevant.'
And being the weekend of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, Victoria praised the monarch and said: 'The Queen is, I mean, she's an icon. She's so appropriate, very very chic - I mean, she's the Queen.'
Flying the flag: Victoria said although she and her family enjoy living in Los Angeles, they are also very proud to be British
She, her husband David and their four children - sons Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, ten, Cruz, seven and daughter Harper, 11 months - live in Los Angeles but she said they are still very proud to be British.
She said: ' I love living in America, I embrace living in America but I am British, David is British, the kids are British and we're very very proud of that.'
'I'm honoured to be supporting our country at such an exciting time.'
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