David BeckhamAll the recent upheaval in David Beckham’s life has reportedly exacerbated his obsessive compulsive disorder.

While David and his family have always had a jet-set lifestyle, the last few months have been particularly fraught with their move to Los Angeles, his injury-prone first season with LA Galaxy, the Spice Girls comeback and his dad’s near fatal heart attack.

An inside source told the Mirror that David - who has joined wife Victoria Beckham on the Spice Girls tour - is particularly obsessive when it comes to travelling: “David likes his jet arranged so that everything looks neat and when a meal is served to him he insists that there is a row of glasses of different sizes on the tray.”

“He spends time lining up the cutlery, crockery and salt and pepper before he will even begin eating.”

“Beyond that he likes as little clutter as possible on the jet and insists on the magazines and newspapers being arranged in a straight line across the counter before he boards the flight.”

“He must have his bags laid out, with nothing sticking out, in order of size. And he likes the leather upholstery on the jet to be rubbed with a special leather balm and smell fresh.”

The source added that the upcoming festive season isn’t likely to help him relax: “Christmas always makes David nervous and stressed because there are so many family conflicts and emotions flying about.”

“David’s father who suffered a heart attack back in September refuses to be at Christmas lunch with his mother and it is always better if the Victoria’s family and the Beckhams are kept apart. This makes his OCD a lot worse.”

David admitted last year that he gets obsessed with things being in straight lines and last month Victoria Beckham joked that their fridge is colour-coded and David vaccuums in straight lines.