Victoria Beckham says daughter Harper asked her to call school over makeup ban

Victoria Beckham has said that her 15-year-old daughter Harper asked her to phone the school after being told she could not wear make-up in class, but that she declined to do so. The Daily Mail reports the remarks came during a Today show segment with Zanna Roberts Rassi.

According to the report, Beckham quoted Harper as asking, "Why don't they want me to look my best?" and, "Mummy can't you call the school?" Beckham said she replied, "I can't Harper." The designer, 52, described her daughter as "really good at applying natural make-up." The packet does not include the school's reasons for the rule or any response from the school.

Beckham has spoken publicly before about Harper's interest in beauty. On a podcast in May, she said Harper "loves make-up and skincare" and "has really struggled with her skin." Her account of this exchange is a single, first-hand description given in a TV interview, and Harper's own version has not been reported. It offers a small glimpse of how the family handles a teenager's wish to look a certain way, but it does not show how the school arrived at its policy.