Brooklyn Beckham's relationship with his parents through the years after finally choosing 'peace and privacy'

The eldest Beckham child is turning 27 and while his feud with his family rages on, Best Quality Designer Handbag is taking a look back at his relationship with his parents before things went south following his wedding to Nicola Peltz

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Updated: March 4, 2026
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"I couldn't ask for better parents," said Brooklyn Beckham not even three years ago, during an interview in 2024. Following the public fallout, which started with an engagement and ended with a bombshell Instagram Story rivalling Coleen Rooney's "dot, dot, dot" moment during the Wagatha Christie debacle, who would've guessed a mere two years later, the eldest Beckham boy would be estranged from his famous parents with no reconciliation in sight. 

As the husband of American billionaire heiress, Nicola Peltz, prepares to turn 27, he will be celebrating another trip around the sun without his mum and dad, Victoria and David Beckham, and his three siblings, Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21, and Harper Seven, 14. 

After telling the world, he "grew up with overwhelming anxiety" because of his "controlling" parents, he revealed he had no intention of ever reconciling with the ex-footballer and former Spice Girl and remained in Los Angeles while the rest of the brood rallied around each other and publicly supported their personal milestones.

Breaking his silence amid the ongoing feud, David posted a collection of throwback photos of Brooklyn and his wife Victoria on his Instagram Stories, wishing his eldest a happy birthday. While we wait to see if any other family members will follow suit, HELLO! is taking a look back through Brooklyn's relationship with his famous parents. 

The Beckhams and their children on holiday

Family holiday albums

If there is one thing the Beckhams love to share, it's an album of photos from their various lavish holidays throughout the year. 

Whether it is a ski trip to Europe's most expensive resorts or a sun-soaked boat ride around Miami, social media followers are the first to know when the clan are abroad. 

In 2024, the same year Brooklyn gushed over his parents, Victoria shared a collection of images from her family's Christmas holiday to Miami. Alongside pictures of her children against the backdrop of a luxurious hotel and Christmas trees, she penned a caption that read: "'I love you @DavidBeckham @BrooklynPeltzBeckham @RomeoBeckham @CruzBeckham #HarperSeven xx Kisses from Miami x." 

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Heartfelt dedications

Before the eldest Beckham child was the founder of a hot sauce brand, Cloud23, he dabbled in photography and released a book of his work, titled 'What I See'. 

Inside the collection, released in 2017, he gushed over his mum and dad, adding copious amounts of tributes and words of admiraiton. 

In it, he referenced his dad as his "absolute hero" and during an interview with W magazine about his book, he said: "My mum really helps me with work stuff, and it’s fun. I’m going to do backstage photography at her next show, actually."

He continued speaking fondly about Victoria and added: "And I actually really want to photograph her for one of her campaigns, which we’re talking about. I love taking pictures of my mum." 

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Birthdays

While this birthday is bound to be very different for Brooklyn, in the past, Victoria and David never missed a chance to share with the world how much they loved and adored their eldest son. 

For his 18th birthday, David posted an adorable picture of Brooklyn in the bath, covered in bubbles and added a caption that read: "This little man turns 18 tomorrow so as you can imagine I have many photos to post so here we go ... Happy 18th eve to my handsome young man and best friend ... @brooklynbeckham @victoriabeckham #18mañana." 

Victoria has also shared loving tributes to her son, posting a picture of all four of her children with a sweet caption: "Happy birthday Brooklyn. We all love you so much!! xx So many kisses from us all!! We are so proud of you." 

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Career support

Both Brooklyn's parents have been wildly supportive of his various career ventures as he struggled to work out what he wanted to become once he hit adulthood. They reshared cooking videos and commended him on his photography. 

Victoria publicly shared her pride for her son when he launched his hot sauce brand in Whole Foods UK in 2024, sharing a picture on Instagram with a note, saying: "So proud of you @brooklynpeltzbeckham. This hot sauce is amazing!!" 

The proud mum has also been known to rush to her son's defence after he received online backlash for his cooking videos, in particular, one he posted about cooking a Sunday roast. 

She reshared his video and claimed she was taking "inspiration" for her own meal at home and added: "It's rare people not raw", after social media users claimed he had undercooked the meat. 

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Engagement well-wishes

Despite his revellations in the recent tell-all Instagram post that shocked the world, at the time of Brooklyn's engagement announcement, his parents publicly shared tributes and well-wishes. 

Sharing the couple's engagement photo to her own account, Victoria penned a heartfelt message welcoming the actress into the Beckham fold. She wrote: "The MOST exciting news!! We could not be happier that @brooklynbeckham and @nicolaannepeltz are getting married! Wishing you so much love and a lifetime of happiness. We all love you both so much x @davidbeckham @romeobeckham @cruzbeckham #HarperSeven." 

Posting the same photo as his wife, David also sent congratulatory words to his son and his wife-to-be when he wrote: "Congratulations to these two beautiful people. As they begin this exciting journey together we are so so happy for you guys @brooklynbeckham @nicolaannepeltz @victoriabeckham."

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A 'beautiful' wedding

A far cry from Brooklyn's claims, years after his wedding ceremony to Nicola that took place in 2022, Victoria remembered the day as a "beautiful" one and told TODAY last October that: "As a mother, to see my son so happy means so much. What more can you ask for?"

Brooklyn's lavish Palm Beach ceremony was attended by both of his parents and his siblings as well as Nicola's family, who owned the Florida estate. 

Brooklyn's birthday comes just weeks after his feud with his parents David and Victoria went public (pictured in 2019)© SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett

A very public fallout

Relations between the Beckhams and Brooklyn reportedly took a turn soon after his wedding to the American, and fans quickly noticed the absence of the eldest son from various events and online tributes. 

Most notably, Brooklyn's no-show at his father's 50th birthday party sparked rumours of a wide rift between the parents and child and all was later revealed in a bombshell message posted to Brooklyn's Instagram account earlier this year. 

On January 19, the hot sauce founder aired his version of what had been happening between himself and his family and claimed that Victoria "hijacked" his wedding and disliked his wife, Nicola. 

He signed off his shocking message with a plea for privacy and a clear intention to never reconcile with his family again. 

I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed. 

I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life. 

For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into. Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out. 

My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress. Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children. They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me 'evil' because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours. 

The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was 'not blood and 'not family.' Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders. Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer. My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead. She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment. 

My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable. 

Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner. When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all. 

My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family "love" is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations. We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family'. But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused. 

The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. 

My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.

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