After being brutally and publicly snubbed by their eldest child, Lady Victoria and Sir David Beckham are trying their hardest to make their Christmas merry and bright as they have decorated the tree and settled down for cocktails.
Lady Victoria and Sir David Beckham are putting on a brave front as they celebrate Christmas amid an explosive family fallout. The 51-year-old former Spice Girl and her 50-year-old former footballer husband have decked the halls and stocked up the fire as they prepare to celebrate the holiest time of year.
Although eldest son Brooklyn Beckham, 26, and his wife Nicola Peltz, 30, were noticeably absent, Lady Victoria gave fans an inside look at life together on Christmas Eve. A video of David starting to decorate a Christmas tree was captured on camera.
The retired sportsman appeared in an extra festive mood as he posed with a Santa hat. He enjoyed the decorative activity. And he and his wife later let their hair down to enjoy martinis, which Vicky revealed had been prepared by their youngest son, Cruz, 20. Sharing the clips online, Vicky highlighted the fact that her husband had been made a knight earlier in the year by King Charles III. She wrote a short caption stating: “Sir @davidbeckham giving us his best ‘Clark Griswold’.”
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The Beckham family’s turning point is when eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola turned their backs on his parents and his siblings, which is when the holiday cheer came out. As fans noticed Brooklyn and his wife were nowhere to be seen while bottles were popping, the first cracks started to appear around David’s 50th birthday celebrations earlier this year.
The couple have since been slammed in the direction of the famous couple and their family as they seek their own lives abroad in the USA, but the pair completely snubbed the football player on his big day. Without the Beckhams present, Brooklyn and Nicola later recited their vows.
Brooklyn has since unfollowed his parents on social media, with fans accusing Victoria and David of doing the same in return. Cruz, Brooklyn’s younger brother, responded, saying, “NOT TRUE. Let’s get the facts straight, my parents would never unfollow their son. They both woke up blocked, just like I did.
A friend of the pair later claimed that they awoke dreading what the rest of the Beckham clan might have been posting about overnight, calling such updates “anxiety-inducing.” If the Beckhams could just back off and leave them alone for the time being, they said, according to them and the Mail Online. The Beckhams started these “blocking” game stories earlier this year, and they continue. It shouldn’t and shouldn’t be a story whether someone follows someone on Instagram or any other platform. Nothing has changed in this unfortunate circumstance.
Brooklyn and Nicola haven’t commented on anything. They merely desire tranquility. It would be best for everyone because it doesn’t help them [the Beckhams] to stop contacting, commenting, and briefing.
And it’s understood they aren’t best pleased about Cruz making his opinions known about the situation. The pal added: “They have requested that the Beckhams back off. They just want to be left alone. The Instagram stuff is just a media play.”
Fans were left perplexed by the apparent briefing, but a PR expert has now explained the strategy behind it, explaining how the language was meant to “flip the power dynamic” and leave the Beckhams with no choice but to remain silent.
Commenting on the narrative given by the unnamed source, PR guru Mayah Riaz told the Mirror: “This absolutely reads like a briefing. The irony here is hard to ignore. When a source uses emotionally loaded language like ‘manipulation’ and ‘gaslighting’, that is not accidental or neutral. That is narrative shaping. It positions Brooklyn and Nicola not just as hurt, but as victims of something darker and more deliberate. That is a very specific PR choice.
The “hidden spin” is “victimhood with credibility.” They are trying to change the power dynamic by describing themselves as gaslit. The Beckhams are extremely well-known, wealthy, media-savvy, and historically very underhanded in their brief. The narrative shifts from familial disagreement to emotional harm when Brooklyn and Nicola are cast as being psychologically worn down. They are now “people protecting their mental health,” according to PR, moving from “difficult children” to “people protecting their mental health.”
She continued, “Asking them to be left alone while being informed that they are being manipulated is not contradictory in PR logic, even if it is in human logic.” We are justified in our silence, not “we are silent,” but rather that the message is. Why they aren’t engaging directly are the objectives of this kind of briefing. Without having to speak for themselves, it gives them moral support.
The word “gaslighting” is a particularly interesting choice. It is a very online, very therapy-language term that appeals to younger audiences. Gen Z and millennial readers who are familiar with narratives with boundaries, toxicity, and emotional control are the target audience. That suggests that the focus should be on integrating their personal brand with contemporary values, not just about family.
I don’t believe this is about furthering the conflict, as a motive. It involves controlling future interpretation by drawing a line in the sand. This framing will already be present if more stories emerge. Anything the Beckhams say or do next can be seen through the lens of “pressure” or “manipulation.” That is effective positioning.
Because this is emotional PR, not corporate PR, is what causes the confusion. It is slightly messy, protective, and reactive. It resembles a couple who are overwhelmed but also understand that silence without context lets other people define you, rather than a long-term master plan. In summary, today’s discussion is not about winning the public debate. It’s about keeping their story alive tomorrow.
Brooklyn Beckham’s representatives have previously contacted The Mirror for comment.
