Tensions in the Beckham family have grown so bitter that youngest son Cruz is going out of his way to avoid estranged brother Brooklyn, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The 20-year-old musician has taken to contacting the family’s favourite hangouts ahead of any visits to confirm that he won’t cross paths with his sibling.
He is said to have sent messages to the owners of their haunts specifically asking questions such as, ‘Is Brooklyn there?’, to make sure the coast was clear.
And he even follows that up with a request to ‘let him know’ if his brother later turned up, sources say.
Brooklyn, 26, does not even live in London, having set up home in Los Angeles with his heiress wife Nicola Peltz, who has been blamed for the rift in the once tight-knit family.
But relations have deteriorated so much that he no longer tells parents David and Victoria when he’s in town.
Earlier this month the couple jetted to the UK for a photoshoot with Italian luxury fashion brand Moncler.
But while the location was just two miles from the family’s home in west London, they kept the visit secret – even from younger sister, Harper, 13, who used to pose for pictures with Nicola on social media.
From left to right: David Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, Harper Beckham, Nicola Peltz Beckham and Mia Regan attend the Victoria Beckham AW24 show during Paris Fashion Week in 2024
Cruz (right) is going out of his way to avoid estranged brother Brooklyn, The Mail on Sunday can reveal
Cruz Beckham, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Victoria Beckham and Brooklyn Peltz Beckham attend the Premiere of Lola in Los Angeles in February 2024
The Beckhams are said to have learned of Brooklyn’s visit only when they spotted an Instagram post that Nicola made about the job.
News that Cruz is making moves to avoid inadvertently bumping into his brother are the latest indication of the deep rift within the Beckham family.
Rumours were further fuelled when Cruz appeared to reference the drama in a cryptic post on Instagram last week.
He wrote: ‘It takes 43 muscles in your face to frown, and 17 to smile. Be kind and tell the truth.’
It is unclear what ‘truth’ he is referring to, but many saw it as a veiled reference to Brooklyn. The post was later deleted.
It has been many months since the family spent time together, with the feud becoming public knowledge when Brooklyn failed to attend any of his father’s 50th birthday celebrations a month ago.
Brooklyn appeared to nail his loyalties to the mast when he posted an image on Instagram of himself and Nicola riding a motorbike, writing: ‘My whole world x I will love you forever x I always choose you baby x you’re the most amazing person I know xx me and you forever baby.’
The Beckhams have largely remained silent in public about the rift, but they are said to fear that Brooklyn is falling increasingly under the control of Nicola, the daughter of American billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz.
David Beckham on a boys trip for his birthday with his sons Romeo and Cruz
Brooklyn Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Harper Beckham and David Beckham arrive at the Victoria Beckham AW24 show during Paris Fashion Week in 2024
As a source told the Mail last week: ‘Brooklyn is now being referred to as “the hostage”.
‘Those who love him fear that he is being controlled by Nicola, and it is heartbreaking.’
Tensions allegedly began in the lead-up to Brooklyn and Nicola’s £3 million wedding in April 2022, with Nicola was said to have declined an offer to wear a dress designed by Victoria Beckham.
