Brooklyn Beckham’s long-running dispute between David and Victoria Beckham is a broken relationship, but sources claim the row doesn’t extend to other members of the family.
Posted just hours before midnight, the black-and-white photo was simply captioned: “I love you all so much.” In it, David and Brooklyn Beckham stand together, an arm lovingly draped around a shoulder.
It is the kind of post many make as the clock ticks towards a new year and we reflect on the past 12 months. But David’s choice of photo harks back to a relationship now lost. Those close to the family say relations between Brooklyn and his parents are now “non-existent”.
And if David had hoped the photo to be an olive branch to Brooklyn, ultimately it was a futile gesture. It’s unclear if Brooklyn will even see the snap given he has blocked his father, mum Victoria and brothers Cruz and Romeo from his social media accounts.But friends of the Beckhams say David and Victoria will “never give up” hope of reconciliation.
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The New Year message, described by one source as David’s “boldest olive branch yet”, marked David setting “for the record his love for his son.” One source said: “David and Victoria will never give up trying to secure a reconciliation between them and their son. Nothing will change that, and they live in hope. He will always be their son, and they are not going to stop putting on record their feelings.”
Due to his eldest son’s rejection of the family, David also put together a montage of events from the previous year that didn’t feature Brooklyn. With his success with his football team in the United States and his knighthood, David has had an incredible year, according to a source. However, he still feels sad about this, which undoubtedly has overshadowed the events. Everything is very upsetting.
For Brooklyn, insiders in his camp point to the fact that there are still “communication lines” between him and his grandparents, on both sides. A source said: “While things between him and his parents are over…..Brooklyn is still very fond of his grandparents.” While blocking his parents and brothers, some point to the fact that Brooklyn still follows his grandparents on Instagram.
The source continued, “There is a lot of love for them, and that has never diminished.” Prior to this, Brooklyn has emailed his maternal grandmother, Sandra, to ask her about her. He wrote online last June, “Happy birthday, nanny xx love you so much.” He acknowledged his family for the first time, and perhaps for the last time.
Brooklyn and his parents were in the UK for a photo shoot when they arrived around the same time. They were the only ones to learn about it when he photographed him in a central London pub. Friends claim that even in 2026, the Beckhams “not anticipating the situation to change,” but they’ll always have hope.
However there is still a deep unease about Nicola’s friends saying how his new wife helped Brooklyn “see the emotional abuse and toxic behaviour within his family”. It was described as “deeply unpleasant and patently untrue” by the Beckham’s friends at the time. A source said: “That was a low blow but they will always be there for their son.”
For Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz, they have historically found David and Victoria’s postings to be grating. Brooklyn in particular feels triggered by the outpourings of affection. One insider has even previously labelled their posts “performative.” It’s not known what they think of David’s New Year’s Eve post, if in fact they have even seen it.
Many people think there is too much bad blood between the two camps to let go. Brooklyn isolating himself from his own family, and Nicole’s side are still upset about being depicted as controlling.
“It’s classic misogyny – blame the woman. In fact Brooklyn is quite capable of making his own mind up and this is very much led by him,” said a source. They added: “She is not isolating him at all. He is free to do what he wants and he loves his wife and they are happy together. They are each other’s family.” The Beckhams know this all too well. A particular low point to the feud was when Brooklyn renewed his wedding vows to Nicola – after inviting none of his family to the service.
They first learned about the service after reading about it in media reports. Following that, Nicole posted a number of photos of the event, including a family lineup. Her father Nelson was seen officiating the service in a photo that appeared to be online. It must have been very upsetting to find out this way, according to a source at the time.
Nicola, 30, and Brooklyn, 26, have only been married three years. Brooklyn stated during a speech about the ceremony that it was a “really beautiful experience — a really cute memory” in August.
I could, to be honest, renew my vows with her every single day. Finding the person they want to spend the rest of their lives with is probably the most important thing someone can do, in my opinion. It undoubtedly influences your personality. Yes, it was incredibly cute. It was a lot of fun.
When asked about married life with Nicola, Brooklyn previously told People magazine it was like “a never-ending play date.” “We don’t like to go out for dinner, really,” he said “We don’t like to party or anything like that. When we are together, which is a lot of the time, we just hang out with our four dogs, and drink wine at home.”
