Since Brooklyn Beckham and his wife, Nicola Peltz, were notably absent from David Beckham’s 50th birthday, the family rift at 'Beckingham Palace' has only deepened. Theories about why the eldest son distanced himself circulated, then came the surprise news of the young couple’s connection with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, both living in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, David and Victoria are trying to keep things normal just as he’s about to receive an honor he’s waited decades for: being named a Knight of the Order of the British Empire. And the latest? It seems Brooklyn and his wife found out about Charles III’s decision through the media.
David Beckham and Charles III once bonded over beekeeping and conserving Britain’s native plants; now both face a child striking out independently across the Atlantic. “Brooklyn is so happy for his dad as he knows it was something important to him, but there was no communication and no one from the family reached out,” a close source told Page Six. It remains to be seen whether Brooklyn and Nicola will follow Harry and Meghan’s path and unsettle a family long built on an idyllic image.
This comes just after it became public that Brooklyn and Nicola hired the Sussexes’ British lawyer Jenny Afia, famous for representing Meghan Markle in her media disputes and even appearing in one of her documentaries to set out the legal arguments in court. It seems this conflict will not be resolved privately, and that will not affect David Beckham’s next move to become a Knight of the Order of the British Empire as a clear endorsement of his longstanding collaboration and support for the British monarchy.
It’s not for nothing that if David Beckham and Charles III once shared a passion for beekeeping and conserving Britain’s native plants, they now also share having a child striking out on their own across the Atlantic. We’ll have to wait and see if Brooklyn and Nicola follow Harry and Meghan’s path and, in doing so, shake up a family system that had built its image on an idyllic union.