IF the Beckhams expected a heartwarming reunion with their oldest son for Christmas, they could be disappointed.
Recent efforts to reach out to estranged Brooklyn — who has been missing from all the family’s milestones this year — appear to have been met with a frosty reception.
It is fast approaching 12 months since the rift began, but David and Victoria remain optimistic that their icy relationship might still thaw.
The couple had plenty to celebrate in 2025, including David’s long-awaited knighthood and 50th birthday, and Victoria’s Netflix documentary and booming fashion and beauty brand.
However, 26-year-old Brooklyn was absent from them all. In fact, he has not been pictured with his family since Christmas last year.
This week, his brother Cruz, 20, tried to bridge the divide by sharing throwback snaps on Instagram. One showed Brooklyn with an arm around his youngest sibling on a beach in Brazil when they were little.
And last month, their grandmother Jackie left a sweet comment with a heart emoji under one of Brooklyn’s social media posts.
Overnight, David also shared an old snap of him winning the MLS Cup when he played for LA Galaxy.
But so far, Brooklyn has failed to respond. And his most recent online post made no mention of the rest of the Beckham clan.
He was the only member of the family not celebrating last week when David lifted the MLS Cup again — this time as co-owner of Inter Miami.
If the chance to hang out with the squad’s superstar striker Lionel Messi did not tempt him to turn up, few things will.
David and Victoria are not giving up on reconciling with Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz, 30.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, a Beckham insider tells us Victoria, who is also mum to Harper, 14, and Romeo, 23, is still struggling to make sense of the fallout.
But ever the showwoman, she is focusing on keeping things merry and bright for the rest of the clan.
We are told: “Victoria is determined not to let the argument with Brooklyn ruin Christmas, even though she is absolutely heartbroken by it.
“It’s been a year since they last all saw each other and it’s something she will never come to terms with.
“But she won’t let it get her down over the festive period as she needs to be strong, especially for Harper, as well as her parents and David’s parents.
“They have done nothing in all of this, but it seems like they’re the ones being punished the most.”
Last month, Victoria shared a photo of her mum Jackie’s fireplace adorned with stockings. Each bore the name of one of her grandchildren — including Brooklyn, who has reportedly cut his grandparents out of his life, too.
Victoria is determined not to let the argument with Brooklyn ruin Christmas, even though she is absolutely heartbroken by it
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Days later, David’s mum Sandra left a comment under a festive social media post Brooklyn had shared. In it, he was seen wrapping up a bottle of his own hot sauce brand, Cloud23, to which Sandra replied, “That for me” alongside a heart emoji.
Her question went unanswered, but followers flocked to the comment section begging Brooklyn to reach out to his family before it’s too late.
One raged: “Go and see your parents . . . you only get one set and that’s it,” while another simply said, “Ring your mother!”
Victoria may be famous for not smiling, but now, in a bid to keep the family’s spirits up, she’s plastering on a big one.
Our source said: “Brooklyn spent so much time with her parents Jackie and Tony for the first few years of his life and they had such a special bond, while Sandra looked after him so much growing up. It’s awful they no longer have that close relationship.
“Harper really misses her big brother and Nicola. Victoria is hoping that Brooklyn at least calls his grandparents over Christmas. She’s given up on him calling her.”
We are told that, as usual, the family will spend Christmas Day surrounded by loved ones at their £12million Cotswolds pile.
“They feel it’s a case of the more, the merrier, as it’s then less obvious that Brooklyn isn’t there,” our source revealed.
It’s safe to say that no one could have predicted how bitter things would get this time last year. Granted, there had been simmering tensions between Brooklyn and Nicola and his family since their wedding in 2022.
At the time, there was confusion over Nicola’s decision to wear a Valentino gown instead of one designed by her mother-in-law. It was later claimed Victoria offered to dress her son’s bride, then backed out.
Deafeningly silent
Nicola was also apparently devastated at the reception when the Beckhams’ pal, singer Marc Anthony, referred to Victoria as “the beautiful woman in the room”.
Despite the rumoured tension that followed, Nicola and Brooklyn continued to represent the family brand for a while. But that support is gone.
In May, Brooklyn and Nicola — who live in a $16million Los Angeles mansion — failed to attend David’s birthday celebrations or even acknowledge his 50th online.
She won’t let it get her down over the festive period as she needs to be strong, especially for Harper, as well as her parents and David’s parents
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Brooklyn also did not wish his mum a happy birthday a month earlier, but posted gushing tributes to Nicola, including the pointed comment: “I always choose you, baby.”
Likewise, he stayed deafeningly silent when David was finally awarded his knighthood in June, and snubbed November’s investiture.
Brooklyn also failed to give a nod to Victoria’s Netflix documentary, Victoria Beckham, which came out in October. That month, she debuted her spring 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week, again without her eldest son’s backing.
But by all accounts, Brooklyn’s biggest two-fingered salute to his parents had to be his very lavish, very loud, vows renewal in August.
According to insiders, he did not even tell them about the event, which was held at his in-laws’ mega-mansion in New York.
Nicola’s billionaire father Nelson Peltz presided over it, and the bride wore her mother Claudia’s wedding dress. The message was clear: They’ve officially jumped off the Beckham bandwagon.
To that end, there have even been whispers in recent weeks that Brooklyn and Nicola — who both go by double-barrelled Peltz-Beckham — are planning to drop the Beckham from their surname.
Nepo baby Brooklyn has long capitalised from his famous family name — and Nicola, who was not that well known before marrying him, has benefitted from it, too.
They don’t need the Beckham name any more and they would like any future babies to be Peltzes
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Her family’s wealth, estimated at $1.7billion, may eclipse the Beckhams’ £500million fortune, but her in-laws’ social cache in showbiz circles has opened myriad doors to the aspiring actress and model.
But now it is feared they are determined to cut ties for good.
‘Ultimate insult’
An insider told Heat magazine: “They both feel their double-barrelled name is associated with the feud and they want to move on.
“They don’t need the Beckham name any more and they would like any future babies to be Peltzes.
“Obviously, it would be the ultimate insult to David and Victoria — they’ve spent nearly 30 years building up Brand Beckham and, if Brooklyn dropped the family name, there would be no going back.
“It feels like he’d be making their current estrangement permanent.”
Ironically, despite the documentary, plus TV and podcast chats, showing Victoria’s more authentic side, she is having to stay tight-lipped about her personal anguish.
However, amid the turmoil, she has been wowing the US, popping up on late-night talk show Watch What Happens Live and featuring on podcast Call Her Daddy.
The Beckhams famously lived in LA when David played football there but, while well received by the celebrity jet-set, they never fully found their footing, with Victoria still carrying the mantle of a WAG.
Now, though, the US is taking her seriously as a fashion designer, beauty impresario and a pop icon with a wicked sense of humour, which she would no doubt love to celebrate with her whole family.
After Christmas, we are told the Beckhams will head to Bath for Holly Ramsay and Adam Peaty’s wedding on the 27th.
They are long-time pals with the bride’s family — Gordon Ramsay, and his wife Tana, plus their six children. But while the Ramsays were all there to see Brooklyn and Nicola say “I do”, it’s unlikely they’ll return the favour.
The fact Olympian Adam’s mum Caroline is banned from the nuptials amid a fallout will no doubt resonate with David and Victoria.
Still, some Beckham fans reckon there is still hope of a reconciliation. Firstly, Brooklyn’s stocking on his grandma’s fireplace proves that he will always have a place in the family.
Then, Cruz’s memories of the siblings as kids may hint he is mellowing after backing his parents and, along with brother Romeo, unfollowing Brooklyn on Instagram.
He has also lashed out at whispers the row erupted as Romeo was dating Brooklyn’s ex, Kim Turnbull — rumours she strongly denied.
Still, the question remains: Will Brooklyn take his cue and bury the hatchet for good? All signs so far point to a stubbornness that’s set to continue into the new year.
Brooklyn has made it clear that Nicola is his priority and, with her also showing little interest in a reconciliation, Victoria knows rooting for a reunion could be futile.
Then again, there’s always hope of a Christmas miracle.