Beckham's son Romeo hurt in escalator fall

David Beckham’s younger son was taken to hospital after falling over during a shopping trip, it was reported today.

One-year-old Romeo Beckham needed two stitches to his forehead after stumbling at the bottom of an escalator at a Spanish department store.

The accident happened in Madrid as Romeo and his brother Brooklyn, four, were out with David’s mother Sandra, The Sun reported.

The England captain and his pop star wife Victoria rushed to hospital to be with their son while he was treated.

The toddler tripped and stumbled near the base of an escalator at an El Cortes Ingles department store.

A family friend told the newspaper: “Sandra took Romeo with her on a trip to the store.

“Romeo has only just started to walk so he is quite unsteady on his feet.

“As they came to the bottom of an escalator, he lost his footing and fell over and cut his head.

“There was quite a lot of blood.”

The friend told The Sun that Sandra had two of the Beckhams’ security guards with her at the time of the accident and they took Romeo to hospital by car.

She immediately rang David and Victoria and they rushed to the hospital.

Romeo needed two stitches to the side of his forehead but was then allowed to go back home.

Both David and Victoria had been “very concerned” but the injury was not serious.

Beckham is due to play his first Champions League match for Real Madrid tonight at the Bernabeu Stadium in the Spanish capital against Olympique Marseilles.