Beckham feud latest: David speaks out on ‘mistakes’ as fallout to Brooklyn’s statement continues

Sir David Beckham was knighted in November, but Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz were not in attendance at the Windsor Castle ceremony.

Victoria Beckham, as well as the couple’s three other children, accompanied him to receive his knighthood, which David said was the “proudest moment” of his career.

The former soccer star was recognized for his services to sport and charity during the ceremony.

Brooklyn and Nicola were noticeably missing from pictures of the ceremony and the following dinner that the family shared on social media.

Nicola Peltz’s father, Nelson Peltz, is a self-made billionaire who built up his family’s food service business into a multimillion-dollar company before founding a lucrative investment fund.

The longtime Republican donor also has claimed that he connected Elon Musk to Donald Trump.

He has eight children with model Claudia Heffner, whom he married in 1985.

Nelson walked Nicola down the aisle at her wedding to Brooklyn Beckham in 2022.

The eldest Beckham son was born into one of the world’s wealthiest families, but The Independent’s Olivia Petter says his story should still be heard.

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In December, Brooklyn Beckham’s brother Cruz claimed that his family woke up to find that Brooklyn had blocked them on Instagram.

After reports emerged that David and Victoria unfollowed their eldest son, Cruz wrote on his Instagram Stories: “NOT TRUE. My mum and dad would never unfollow their son…”

He then said: “Let’s get the facts right. They woke up blocked… as did I.”

Brooklyn Joseph Beckham alleged his parents tried to force him to “sign his name away” before his wedding to Nicola Peltz.

He wrote Monday on Instagram: “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.”

Ahead of Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding to Nicola Peltz, Victoria Beckham reportedly held an engagement party for her son and soon-to-be daughter-in-law back in 2020 — but it was separate than the one Nicola’s family held for her.

At the time, a source told The Sunday Mirror that it was due to Nicola’s father, billionaire Nelson Peltz, inviting Donald Trump and other controversial Republican figures to the gathering.

“She thinks many of her liberal friends won’t attend a bash with Trump, so she is planning a party in the U.K.,” an unnamed source told the outlet.

Discussing the feud on ITV’s Good Morning Britain Tuesday, presenter Susanna Reid said: “It’s utterly tragic, and the accusations are so damning, it is hard to see them coming back from them and repairing them.”

Kate Garraway added, “It isn’t the brand, is it? It’s the family life that breaks my heart. It’s horrible.

After Brooklyn Beckham shared his six-page statement accusing his parents of attempting to ruin his marriage, his wife’s ex-hairstylist shared a statement taking the side of Beckham’s family instead of his former client.

“brooklyns wife was one of the worst ‘celebs’ i’ve ever worked with. it’s her,” stylist Justin Anderson wrote in an Instagram comment on the post about the drama.

He went on to label her a “baddddd apple,” adding, “everyone knows how close the beckham family really is...”

Anderson previously worked with Peltz when she was 19 on the press tour for Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hosted Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz as dinner guests at their Montecito home in May 2025.

Earlier that month, Beckham and Peltz had been notably absent from David Beckham’s 50th birthday party.

However, sources told People at the time that Beckham and Peltz were not directly invited to the private gathering by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and that the timing of the dinner was “pure coincidence” as the dinner plans were made before David’s birthday.