After reports surfaced suggesting that Brooklyn Beckham told his parents they should only contact him via his lawyers, here’s what we know about the alleged ongoing family feud.
Twenty-six-year-old Brooklyn is the oldest of the four Beckham children – Romeo, Cruz, and Harper – and was born back in 1999 when his father David was still playing for Manchester United and his mother Victoria was a member of the Spice Girls.
The Beckham family have always been a close bunch and regularly attended public events alongside each other.
However, in recent years, Brooklyn’s relationship with his family has taken a negative turn, and he has not been photographed with the rest of the Beckhams since December 2024.
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Despite the supposed ‘feud’ appearing to start over the past year or so, some sources have suggested that the catalyst for the situation came in 2022.
SPORTbible looked at the sequence of events that have led to this point.
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Wedding dress 'disagreement'
Having started dating in early 2020, Brooklyn married his now-wife, American actress Nicola Peltz, at a ceremony hosted on Peltz’s family estate in Palm Beach in April 2022.
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Guests included celebrity chef and Beckham family friend Gordon Ramsey as well as tennis icon Serena Williams.
Nicola wore a custom Valentino wedding gown against the wishes of her mother-in-law, Victoria, who allegedly planned for the actress to wear a dress designed by her.
A source told PEOPLE that Nicola previously said wearing a dress designed by her husband’s mother would ‘be her honour’ and that she’d ‘love to wear one of her originals’.
But a source told the outlet: “Nicola was painted as a brat for not wearing Victoria Beckham at the wedding. She'd gone to a ton of Victoria Beckham fashion shows and events in Victoria's clothing. She even wore Victoria Beckham to her Lola movie premiere."
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It must be noted that there are several contrary reports.
David Beckham’s 50th birthday snub
The former Real Madrid and Manchester United man celebrated his 50th birthday back in May and, as expected, hosted a lavish party in Florida with guests ranging from former teammate Gary Neville to actor Guy Ritchie.
Photographs from the occasion showed three out of the four Beckham children in attendance alongside their respective partners, although Brooklyn was nowhere to be seen.
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As reported by the Mirror, a source said that David was reportedly “upset” and “hurt” by his eldest son’s absence.
Wedding renewal ceremony
In August of 2025, Nicola and Brooklyn renewed their wedding vows at a ceremony in New York, but according to the Standard, the latter’s parents did not attend nor were they mentioned in the 26-year-old’s speech, despite him mentioning his in-laws.
Around 200 guests attended, but the outlet reported that Brooklyn’s wider family, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles, only learned of the ceremony after it was reported by the media.
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Reports suggested that the rest of the Beckham household were on holiday in Saint Tropez.
Cryptic Christmas
Instead of spending time with the Beckhams at their Cotswolds home, the 26-year-old chose to spend Christmas with his wife’s family and was pictured alongside Nicola’s parents, Claudia Heffner and billionaire Nelson, who enjoyed the festivities in the US.
Meanwhile, some suggested that Victoria aimed a subtle dig at her daughter-in-law by posting a video of her and David dancing along to Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb's fiery 1980 duet, Guilty.
The lyrics of the song include: "We've got nothing to be sorry for.”
Subsequent Instagram activity, including snaps of Cruz and Romeo with their arms wrapped around David, caused further speculation that Victoria’s social media posts were in some way cryptic digs at her estranged son and his wife.
Lawyer involvement
A report from the Mail in January of 2026 claimed that “there was an exchange of legal letters” between Brooklyn and his parents via their legal teams, Schillings and Harbottle & Lewis, in relation to the 26-year-old not wanting to have any direct contact with his parents that wasn’t through his legal team.
He also reportedly does not want to be the subject of any public statements posted by the Beckham family.
However, there was no legal action between the respective lawyers or a basis for it.
LADbible Group has contacted representatives for Brooklyn, David, and Victoria Beckham for comment.
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