The real reason for David Beckham's beard

Brand Beckham to cash in on the Christmas market?

Maybe not. Stranger things have happened though.

In case you are interested in the real real reason, here it is from the horse’s mouth: “I’m going to keep it for a while. I went camping with the kids in America and got a bit carried away. But no, it will stay for a while.”

We presume that it was Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz on the camping trip rather than Kim Wilde and co.