Open war on the Beckham family: why can Victoria and David only speak to their eldest son through lawyers?
After blocking his parents and siblings on Instagram, it has emerged that Brooklyn Beckham has restricted direct contact with his family members.
BarcelonaAs far as public opinion is concerned, the marriage of Victoria and David Beckham has had two very distinct phases throughout their life together. Initially, they were icons for the people. chav and later became reference figures for the mainstream and even for people posh girlsSince reaching this second stage of popularity, not without having invested considerable communication effort in the change, their public trajectory settled into a kind of oasis where their acceptance and ability to draw a crowd continued to increase quantitatively while also becoming increasingly cross-cutting. They were friends of the British royal family, they had a large extended family that presented them as peopleFocused and with traditional values, she became a successful businesswoman in the demanding world of fashion, and he triumphed in several ventures beyond chasing a ball and posing nude in underwear ads. It seemed paradise had arrived at the Beckham home to stay.
Unfortunately, as is often the case in large communities, it's quite likely that one member will go off the rails and drag the rest into trouble. Just look at what always happens at Windsor... This has also been the case here: when it seemed that the Beckham family-business was on a roll until the end of time, the eldest of their four children has hijacked the entire public discourse, and hardly a day goes by without a headline undermining the perfect image they had achieved through tens of thousands of dollars.
Omnipresent theme
Brooklyn Beckham's blatant estrangement from the rest of the family has set in motion every headline the Beckhams could possibly generate. If David Beckham's team celebrates a victory, the headlines claim there's a noticeable absence in the stands. If Victoria receives a standing ovation for a collection she's designed, the headlines say she greets them cheerfully on the outside but sadly on the inside. And so it will continue until Brooklyn decides to reconcile with his family. If, three Christmases from now, they still aren't speaking and the Beckhams show off their Christmas decorations, it will be their "saddest Christmas" decorations. The cycle is endless.
Perhaps that's why both David and Victoria have done everything in their power to rebuild a relationship that, judging by recent news, seems beyond repair. According to reports The Mirror Last weekend, Brooklyn sent a letter to his parents around the summer asking them to only contact him through his lawyers. The media outlet, which learned of this through Brooklyn's friends, said the request was aimed at protecting his mental health. Brooklyn, 26, has told those close to him that his parents' social media posts on his birthday or other significant dates affected him greatly. For this reason, he told them to stop mentioning him on Instagram and other social media platforms. This information was also recently confirmed by a [source missing]. Daily Mail.
They don't throw in the towel
Despite the eldest Beckham's plea, which must have left his parents "devastated"—as some British media outlets duly reported—they ignored him. So much so that at the beginning of 2026, the Beckhams began wishing their children a happy new year, including all four of them. However, the photo with Brooklyn that both David and Victoria posted was accompanied by an olive branch. There's no doubt their intention is to achieve peace, and they don't know how to express it to their son. Or perhaps, more than to their son, to the world. The sad thing is that this desperate gesture from his father came after Brooklyn blocked his entire family on social media.
One day in late December 2025, journalists who specialize in monitoring Instagram noticed that Brooklyn and the rest of the family had unfollowed each other. This prompted a flurry of headlines announcing the news, which spread like wildfire, as they indicated that the family feud had intensified. Shortly after, Cruz Beckham stated on social media that his parents had not unfollowed Brooklyn and never would. The Beckhams' third child, 20, said that his older brother had blocked the entire family and that they had discovered it that very morning upon waking. If the wall erected by Brooklyn, who has lived in the United States since marrying the aspiring actress and prominent heiress Nicola Peltz, wasn't enough, he decided to raise it even higher. Far from fostering reconciliation, this week it was Brooklyn's wife who added fuel to the fire. Peltz has deleted all the photos he had on his Instagram account with his in-laws, which reinforces the theory that the conflict between Brooklyn and his parents is further than ever from being resolved.
The origins of the conflict
The central question in this whole buried feud, which occasionally resurfaces, remains unanswered. For now, none of those involved have addressed the issue openly and publicly, perhaps aware that doing so would definitively bury any chance of reconciliation. What is known is that the last time they saw each other—at least as far as there is any record of it—was in October 2014. Since then, every time the Beckhams' eldest son has been mentioned, it has been in reference to his absence from some important family event. For example, David Beckham's 50th birthday, Victoria's appearance at Paris Fashion Week, and the Christmas celebrations.
Brooklyn, who has never particularly excelled in any profession and currently posts cooking videos after having tried his hand at modeling and photography, began to distance himself from his family after meeting Nicola Peltz, daughter of billionaire Nelson Peltz, whose fortune is estimated at approximately $1.5 billion and who is a major donor to Donald Trump. The couple married at his family's mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. The wedding was already controversial because the bride didn't wear a dress from Victoria Beckham's fashion label, opting instead for Valentino, which was seen as a major public snub to the designer. Shortly afterward, the couple renewed their vows, and their family was not invited to the celebration. Now, rumors are circulating that Nicola, whose current media presence is due to the fame of her father's last name rather than her own acting career, may be pregnant. If this is true, perhaps it's time for a family reconciliation. However, what would be a blessing for the Beckhams could be the end of the enormous attention the Beckham-Peltz family is receiving. Knowing this, it's possible that any newborn child won't meet their grandparents anytime soon.
Given that there are always leaks from both sides with vested interests, perhaps in 2026 we will finally learn the origin of the conflict, one of the best-kept secrets of the heart international. For now, the only clue we have is that Anwar Hadid, brother of the tops Gigi and Bella Hadid also distanced themselves from their families when they dated Nicola Peltz, who was older than them, just as is happening now with Brooklyn. Anwar returned to his family after the breakup. We'll see if his pride allows him to do the same with Brooklyn, since history is repeating itself, but in a much more exaggerated way.