Beckham family feud: Why Brooklyn, Nicola and the rest of the famous family are in the headlines | Explainer

For years, the Beckhams have been the ultimate example of a well-adjusted famous family – two loving parents, three talented sons and a young daughter that’s the apple of everyone’s eye. 

But that image has erupted in recent weeks with rumours of a feud between eldest son Brooklyn, 26, and the rest of his family, as he shirked his dad’s extravagant 50th birthday celebrations. 

But this alleged feud did not come out of nowhere. In fact, there have been rumblings of a disagreement for years now, stemming back to Brooklyn’s marriage to Nicola Peltz in April 2022.

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Wedding drama

The catalyst for the original ‘feud’ between Victoria and Nicola stemmed from the daughter-in-law’s reported last-minute decision to snub the wedding dress her mother in law designed specifically for her, from her own designer label, and instead wear a custom Valentino Haute Couture gown down the aisle, along with two others by Dior and Versace.

The decision reportedly caused a lot of tension between the new family members.

Additional reports claimed Victoria, now 51, was shunned from being involved in the wedding planning (which ended Nicola’s father suing the wedding planners they had chosen), and that the Beckhams were not invited to sit at the top table with the Peltz family and their son at the wedding.

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Honeymoon ‘snub’

Two months after the nuptials, the newlyweds headed off on their honeymoon in the south of France, joined by the extended Peltz family. 

But what raised fans’ eyebrows was that the Beckhams were reportedly not invited to join, despite the famous family holidaying a stone’s throw away in Croatia.

‘The New Mrs Beckham’

In the same month, Nicola, now 30, gave an interview in which she seemed to make a subtle dig at her husband’s parents. 

Appearing as Tatler‘s cover star in June 2022, the “New Mrs Beckham” (as she was deemed by the outlet) said that her husband had faced “a lot of pressure to please people with his career and he didn’t love it”.

Many believed this to be a dig at Brooklyn’s famous parents, who each expanded their soccer and pop star pasts into multiple lucrative business ventures. 

Four months after the wedding in August 2022, the rumours seemed to stick around, which was when Nicola decided to officially clear the air.

Clearing the air

The 30-year-old told Variety, “I was going to [wear Victoria Beckham] and I really wanted to, and then a few months down the line, she realised that her atelier couldn’t do it, so then I had to pick another dress.

“She didn’t say you can’t wear it; I didn’t say I didn’t want to wear it. That’s where it started, and then they ran with that,” the actress said of the rumours.  

Brooklyn added, “I’ve learned [the media are] always going to try to write stuff like that. They’re always going to try and put people down. But everyone gets along, which is good.”

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An olive branch

Brooklyn’s claims seemed to be confirmed when he and Nicola made their first major appearance alongside his family at his mum’s label’s Paris Fashion Week runway debut. 

Nicola and Victoria seemed chummy, taking photos together alongside the family. Fans did note however that while Nicola posted photos and videos from other runways and designers during the week, she did not do so for her own mother-in-law. 

The next month, Nicola again officially addressed the rumoured feud, telling The Times in October 2022, “It’s not a feud! I keep seeing everywhere that word, ‘feud, feud, feud!?’ I mean, maybe they picked up on something? And now they’re labelling it feud?” 

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“I think it all started, and I’ve said this before, because I didn’t end up wearing Victoria’s wedding dress, but the real truth is, I really, really wanted to wear it and I thought it was so beautiful that Brooklyn’s mum got to make that for me! And I was really excited to wear it! And I didn’t end up wearing it,” she said.

“Truthfully, I was really excited to wear her dress. It makes me sad when I read things that people say I was never planning on wearing it. That’s just not true.”

Burying the hatchet

The in-laws seemed to well and truly bury the hatchet when Victoria shared a birthday message for her daughter-in-law on Instagram in January 2023. Alongside a photo of them casually sitting at a kitchen table, the former Spice Girl wrote, “Happy Birthday @NicolaAnnePeltzBeckham 💗 Hope you have a lovely day!!! X”. 

They were commended by fans for putting aside their reported differences, made even more apparent when the Beckhams dropped by the premiere of Nicola’s directorial debut for Lola. 

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The pictures showed off a smiling family, with Victoria and Nicola wrapping their arms around each other in an embrace, and the latter wearing the former’s design. 

All seemed calm on the Beckham front for months, even though the newlyweds had missed Victoria’s 50th birthday and a Christmas together.

The Beckham brothers

But in December 2024, rumblings began again when the second Beckham brother Romeo introduced his new beau to the world.

Romeo went public with DJ Kim Turnbull in the New Year, with Turnbull since appearing in pictures with the Beckham family, 

Things came to a head recently as fans continued to point out that Turnbull was heavily rumoured to be Brooklyn’s ex-girlfriend. 

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In April 2025, Romeo shut down the rumours in an Instagram exchange with a fan. 

The fan wrote in a comment,  “It’s appropriate to date your brother’s ex too? Cool,” to which the 22 year-old replied, “Brooklyn and Kim never dated,” before swiftly deleting the comment. 

Brooklyn and Turnball seemingly did spend time together in their teen years until 2017, through they never confirmed that they were romantically involved.

The ‘Feud’ Part II

It was after this that cracks started to show, first when Brooklyn and his wife were unable to make his father’s April pre-birthday celebrations in Florida in the US, where the couple reside.  

Then they could not make Victoria’s 51st birthday celebrations on a yacht the same month. 

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The couple further did not attend any of the three star-studded birthday celebrations David held in honour of his huge milestone, with many fans viewing this as evidence of a revived feud.

Double-edged sword

Amid the lavish celebrations, David seemed to take some time to spend with his family, especially his sons. 

He was joined by his sons Romeo and Cruz, 20, for a fishing trip in the Scottish Highlands, sharing snaps from the adventure and laughing at his sons’ inability to handle the rough living conditions.

The 50-year-old revealed alongside one of the snaps, “Six months ago I planned a trip with my boys at the start of last week to camp and fish for my 50th. Was so much fun.”

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In another featuring the three he wrote, “Fun times in Scotland,” adding, “You were missed Brooklyn,” tagging his son in the post.

With the reveal that the celebrations were planned months in advance, Brooklyn and Nicola’s absence feels all the more pointed.

Brooklyn breaks his silence

After many more weeks of speculation, the eldest son has spoken – albeit in a veiled message.

The 26-year-old made his allegiance clear in an Instagram post on May 25, sharing a video of himself and his wife riding a motorbike through the streets.

He captioned it, ”My whole world x I will love you forever x I always choose you baby x you’re the most amazing person I know xx me and you forever baby,” making a pointed comment about where they stand as a couple.

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Cruz enters the chat

Brooklyn isn’t the only Beckham child to make his allegiance clear – his younger brother Cruz added fuel to the fire with his own Instagram post.

The 20-year-old took to his Instagram Stories to post a family photo, with all of them looking snazzy for an event.

Underneath it, he wrote, “I love my family, I love you guys more than anything, mum & dad you gave us life and cared for us no matter what, I cannot tell you how blessed we all are to have you in our lives x.”

Notably, his older brother Brooklyn is included in the photo but his wife Nicola is not.

The timing of the image being posted – just one day after his brother’s “I choose you” declaration to his wife – is raising eyebrows among fans.

The family is currently in the middle of a storm of speculation, with fans waiting with bated breath for their next move.

The latest developments

At the start of June, multiple media outlets reported Romeo and Kim had split after seven months of dating.

On Saturday, June 7, Romeo, 22, was spotted in Paris with German model Caroline Daur, 30, leaving a party at the Hotel Costes and going to a nightclub with friends.

He even shared some photographs of himself shirtless in Paris to his 3.9 million followers on Instagram, captioning them with a French Flag emoji.

Brooklyn and wife Nicola also reportedly hired British lawyer Jenny Afia of Schillings, according to outlets including The Daily Mail, who was in the past was used by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – after the couples met at a party in the US.

”For the Beckhams the irony isn’t lost. They fell out with Meghan and Harry after they accused them of leaking stories – they were furious and Brooklyn knows that,” a source told the Mail On Sunday.

A source told E! News about the move: “It’s not for reputation management, but to set the record straight, combat spread of misinformation.”

“There is absolutely no connection to Meghan and Harry.”

Meanwhile, more recently, Nicola and Brooklyn celebrated her brother Will Peltz’s 39th birthday celebrations, with the actor sharing pictures with his sister and brother-in-law from the event, believed to be held in Los Angeles.

“Thank u to everyone who came out and thank u for the love ❤️🤟,” he wrote.

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