Has Posh found Beckingham Palace, LA style?

As the Beckhams get ready for their £128 million move to Los Angeles, Victoria has already been out househunting in an attempt to find a home suitable for their lifestyle.

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On a recent flying visit to LA the former Spice Girl, 32, toured three homes with a top Beverly Hills estate agent as an assistant with a camcorder filmed the properties - and then flew back to Spain with a bag of video tapes to show David, 31, who is quitting Real Madrid for the LA Galaxy football team.

A hilltop property with an infinity pool that gives the impression one could almost swim over the edge and plunge headfirst into the bright lights of LA, is believed to have won Victoria's heart.

The top choice is said to be a relative bargain at £4 million and is only a 10-minute drive through the canyons from their good friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's place.

An estate agent source familiar with the property said the owners were "hopeful" of a sale.

The 7,000 square foot house is in the Hollywood Hills close to where Jack Nicholson, Leo DiCaprio and Jennifer Aniston own homes. Set at the bottom of a private cul-de-sac, it is described as being "extraordinary for entertaining".

As well as a state-of-the-art kitchen, it has a film screening room and a wine cellar.

Another house Victoria viewed just five doors down from Tom and Katie was tucked behind a huge security gate with CCTVs and intercoms. But it may have looked too much like a prison.

The third house she looked at was priced at £8 million and previously owned by Chris Evans and Billie Piper. Evans and Piper sold the single-storey Hollywood Hills house four years ago after their separation.

Ms Holmes, who is said to have found life lonely as a mother when her husband is not around, has been enthusiastic about the Beckhams' transatlantic move.

Friends say Holmes, 27, has told Victoria all about the best schools. She has suggested the famous Harvard Westlake as an ideal school for Brooklyn, 7, and private elementary schools and a Beverly Hills creche for Romeo, 4, and one-year-old Cruz.

Keen to make the most of the move, Victoria has struck a deal to become a fashion guru on American TV.

The Beckhams are not nearly so stratospherically famous in the US as they are in Britain. "I love it over here," Posh said once. "Nobody bothers me and everyone is so respectful."

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