David and
Victoria Beckham have snapped up the latest celebrity trend - the micro-pig.The pair have acquired two of the tea-cup-sized pets, which are currently being pampered by staff at the couple's "Beckingham Palace" in Hertfordshire, England.
The special crossbreed piglets come with a designer price-tag of £700 ($1,159) each.The former Spice Girls singer is said to want to name the piglets Elton and David after their close friends
Sir Elton John and his partner
David Furnish, while football star Becks is reportedly keen to call them
Pinky and Perky.
The pedigree pigs are already popular with other celebrities, including
Harry Potter actor
Rupert Grint, who is thought to own one, and
Paris Hilton.