Bad blood between the Beckhams at Christmas might seem trite. But here’s why it’s important |
There is not one saga I have been more invested in this year than the Beckham family feud. In case you are not as shamelessly showbiz-pilled as I am, this is a drama that parses like something between the parable of the prodigal son and Catherine de Medici’s tension with her daughter-in-law Mary, Queen of Scots.
It seems that, after years of a trying in-law dynamic, relations between the Beckham family and their first-born, Brooklyn, and his wife, the heiress Nicola Peltz, have soured. Brooklyn has been repeatedly and conspicuously absent from all the family group shots on Instagram and, most notably, mum Victoria’s Netflix documentary, and dad David’s 50th birthday celebrations and knighthood ceremony (and if you know how long Dave’s been auditioning for that honour, you’ll know that this was the biggest indicator of catastrophe).
The roots of the feud allegedly lie in Peltz not wearing a dress from Victoria’s eponymous fashion label for her wedding (and an indication that the Peltz-Beckhams hadn’t been happy with the whole affair came when they renewed their vows just three years later, with some reports claiming that the Beckham family found out about it when the rest of us did). Throw in other factors, such as the Peltz family patriarch being a Trump-supporting billionaire, the perennially directionless Brooklyn having had more