Beckham feud timeline as 'David and Victoria can only contact Brooklyn through lawyers'
Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz timeline as couple 'will only speak to David and Victoria' through lawyers
Brooklyn Beckham has reportedly sent his parents a notice saying they can only contact him via lawyers and that they should no longer react to his social media posts.
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The escalation comes after his mother Victoria liked a cookery post he had uploaded on Instagram, which follows Brooklyn blocking her, his father David, and his siblings Romeo, Cruz and Harper.
Brooklyn avoided his family by not attending Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay's wedding in December and did not respond to David posting a message to say he "loves his family so much," which included a picture of his eldest son.
The 26-year-old has drifted from his family since marrying Nicola Peltz in 2022 and spent Christmas with his in-laws.
Here is how the feud has developed.
Beckham feud timeline
August 2022
Brooklyn Beckham married Nicola Peltz in Palm Beach, Florida, after two years of dating.
The actress is said to have caused a stir by choosing not to wear a dress designed by Victoria for the occasion. By August of the same year, she had told Vanity Fair that she had wanted to wear one of Victoria’s dresses, but it wasn’t logistically possible.
During 2023, Victoria and David shared tributes to Peltz and they showed a united front in and in promoting his documentary Beckham. There would be no sign of more tension until 2025.
April 2025
Romeo Beckham is said to have started dating Kim Turnbull, who had previously been linked to Brooklyn. Cruz responded to a comment on social media questioning it, stating: “Brooklyn and Kim never dated.”
May 2025
Brooklyn and Peltz are the only Beckham family members absent from David’s 50th birthday celebrations. Shortly after, David took Romeo and Cruz on a fishing trip - with the now 50-year-old tagging in Brooklyn on a related social media post, saying he was “missed”.
And later in May, Brooklyn and Peltz had dinner with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, with the black sheep royals said to have passed on tips about leaving a dynasty behind.
Meghan and Nicola are understood to have engaged in a 'deep and meaningful' discussion after both being harshly slated for being 'homewreckers' or women who 'tear apart their husbands' families'.
June 2025
Brooklyn posts a picture with further tattoos, of devotions to Peltz, covering what was once a tribute to his mother.
Around this time, Peltz was unfollowed by the younger Beckham brothers on social media.
August 2025
The Beckhams were not invited as Peltz and Brooklyn renewed their vows and Nelson Peltz, Nicola’s father, officiated the ceremony.
Meanwhile, Romeo, Cruz and Harper joined David and Victoria for a summer holiday to San Tropez.
October 2025
After Victoria’s documentary did not disclose any insight into Brooklyn’s situation, her eldest child spoke out by failing to attend her Paris fashion spectacular.
December 2025
Tensions were stoked further when Brooklyn blocked all of his family on social media.
Cruz said the unfollowing only went one way and that his parents would never stop tracking their son on Instagram.
Later, all of the family apart from Brooklyn attended Adam Peaty's wedding to Holly Ramsay, with Holly's father Gordon Ramsay being a friend of the Beckhams for years. Brooklyn and Peltz remained at home in the US.
January 2026
David and Victoria were served notice that they should only contact Brooklyn through his lawyers and they are also prohibited from contacting him on social media.
David had eased tensions by posting a family photo with a message of love but Brooklyn declared his relationship with his family "over" as Peltz shared a New Year's image of them enjoying New York.
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This article was updated on January 9 to add in further content to the timeline.