The crucial thing, all say, is that newly retired husbands must acquire interests and plans of their own. No doubt this is why Victoria Beckham hasn’t fallen victim to RHS, now that David has retired from football. Rather than getting under her feet, he sounds like the ideal retiree: “I’m able to take all three of the boys to school and then I take Harper to her school for a few hours,” he said recently, “and then pick her up. I’m kind of like a driver at the moment, I’m always in the car.” Rumour has it he cooks, too.