Article 70NJR Digested week: Victoria’s non-secret and a star born in form of a koala | Emma Brockes

Digested week: Victoria’s non-secret and a star born in form of a koala | Emma Brockes

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The most affecting scene in the first episode of Victoria Beckham, the new three-part documentary that arrived this week on Netflix, revolves around a moment in which she and her daughter, Harper, 14, create family content together. If this sounds like I'm being snide, I'm not. The pair improvise and film a dance, during which Harper, with amused tolerance, weathers her mother's try-hard moves and Beckham, weathering her daughter's condescension, reminds us that dancing was never really her thing. It's sweet and, as is often the case when Beckham interacts on camera with her family, feels like the closest thing you get to a genuine moment.

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