David and Victoria Beckham were last night forced to deny ‘bizarre and embarrassing’ rumours their marriage is over.

A High Street bookmaker suspended betting after widespread speculation about the showbusiness power couple – who are worth £340million – getting a divorce.

But Jo Milloy, a spokesman for Spice Girl-turned-designer Mrs Beckham, said it was ‘absolute nonsense’.

And the former England football captain’s spokesman Simon Oliveira dubbed the claims ‘embarrassing and laughable’.

The Beckhams have laughed off claims they are about to split after online rumours prompted a High Street bookmaker to suspend betting on them separating. They are pictured together at last month's Royal Wedding, their last public appearance together

Victoria wrote on Instagram this morning: 'Morning cuddles x So much love We love and miss u @davidbeckham

Mr Oliveira said the episode was a ‘weird one’ in the Beckhams’ relationship with the media.

Elsewhere, a spokesman for the couple was quoted as saying: ‘There is no statement due, no divorce, and a lot of Chinese whispers and fake social media news. This is all very bizarre and an embarrassing waste of time.’ The rumours were ‘a crock of s***’, he said.

The couple – parents of Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 13, and Harper, six – are preparing to celebrate 19 years of marriage together next month.

They are known for constantly sharing Instagram pictures of themselves and their children and have become a powerful social media presence, with 65million followers between them.

Beckham, 43, is in Miami, where he has been spending a lot of time as he starts a new football team.

Over the years his multiple work commitments, including trips to the Far East promoting his various sponsorships, have led to lengthy separations.

Yesterday Mrs Beckham, 44, posted a photo of herself cuddling Harper at their home in London with the caption: ‘Morning cuddles x. So much love. We love and miss you @davidbeckham.’

But despite this affectionate display, thousands of social media users shared claims that a divorce was imminent – with the rumours becoming one of the internet’s most discussed ‘trending topics’.

Earlier this week, Victoria posted this tongue-in-cheek picture of their daughter online

David (pictured in Florida in January) is currently setting up a new football team in Miami

It led bookmaker Paddy Power to announce: ‘We’ve decided to suspend betting on the separation between Posh and Becks.’ However it was still offering odds on ‘the next Mrs Beckham’.

The speculation comes more than a decade after their marriage faced a crisis in 2004, when Beckham’s former personal assistant Rebecca Loos claimed she had an affair with him while they were in Spain after his transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid. The Beckhams called her claims ‘ludicrous’ but later dropped a libel case against a newspaper that claimed their union was little more than a business arrangement.

Last month at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Mrs Beckham was accused of looking glum and ‘miserable’ as she arrived with her husband. Observers claimed she cracked a smile only once all day.

It was later suggested she might simply have been ‘fed up’ with Beckham for drinking the night before at the exclusive Soho Farmhouse members club in Oxfordshire.

Socialite Kara Keble-White took a selfie with Beckham at the club, which is near the couple’s country pile, on the eve of the royal wedding. She later posted the picture on Instagram, captioned ‘thanks for the shots’.

The couple tied the knot in a lavish £500k ceremony at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland in 1999

United: The couple are proud parents of Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 15, and Cruz, 13, and Harper, six

Sources close to the Beckham family insist that Mrs Beckham and some of the children were also present. The Beckhams’ marriage was reported to have become strained last summer, with Mrs Beckham taking exception to her husband spending time with glamorous female friends such as models Alexa Chung, 34, and Poppy Delevingne, 32.

Beckham met Miss Delevingne when they both appeared in Guy Ritchie’s film King Arthur. The two of them were spotted coming out of a bar in Los Angeles in spring last year. Mrs Beckham did not attend the film’s premiere in May that year.

The following month the couple were spotted apparently bickering during the Glastonbury festival, with Beckham seeming rather bleary-eyed.

The couple were recently ranked 372nd on the Sunday Times Rich List after a gain of £40million since last year.

They married in a lavish £500,000 ceremony at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland in July 1999, where they sat on golden thrones.

Globe-trotting David attended the G-EXPO Global Top Summit in China earlier this week