Sir David Beckham made a last ditch attempt to build bridges with his estranged son by reaching out to Brooklyn and his wife.
The former Manchester United and England footballer was finally made a knight of the realm by King Charles in October, but Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz were notably absent as he accepted the honour.
Sir David is understood to have given Brooklyn an opportunity to join them at Windsor Castle for the investiture, while also reaching out to Nicola to invite her to his late night dinner in west London.
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Yet they declined, and the former midfielder’s three remaining children, his parents Ted and Sandra and fashion designer wife Lady Victoria were left to attend the Berkshire ceremony and its subsequent after-party, held at Gordon Ramsay‘s Chelsea restaurant, without them.
The occasion was the latest major family event missed by Brooklyn and Nicola over the course of the year, with the couple previously skipping Sir David’s milestone 50th birthday celebration and the red carpet launch of his mother’s new Netflix show.
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Sir David Beckham made a last ditch attempt to build bridges with his estranged son and daughter-in-law by inviting them to his long-awaited investiture at Windsor Castle
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The retired midfielder is understood to have given Brooklyn an opportunity to join them at Windsor Castle, while also inviting Nicola to his late night dinner in west London
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Brooklyn, 26, who lives in the United States with his actress wife, turned the opportunity down because he viewed it as an orchestrated PR opportunity, reports The Sun.
Nicola has since returned to Instagram with a handful of new posts as she celebrates her 31st birthday with Brooklyn and her family in Florida.
Taking to the social media platform on Friday, the actress shared home photos of her husband – who spends much of his time filming cooking tutorials for his own Instagram followers – preparing a meal.
Capturing the image, which also featured an obligatory bottle of Brooklyn’s Cloud 23 sauce, she wrote: ‘Nights like this.’
On Thursday, the Daily Mail revealed that relations between the Beckhams broke down so completely last summer that at one point, Brooklyn asked his parents to contact him only via his lawyers.
It was also claimed that despite his feud with his parents, he has been in regular contact with four family members – both sets of his grandparents.
Yet the Instagram cook did not respond to the reports when he took to social media shortly afterwards, instead uploading a video of himself cooking lobster mac and cheese.
Brooklyn appeared to be in good spirits as he demonstrated how to peel and boil a lobster before displaying it over a pot of macaroni.
He also plugged his Cloud 23 hot sauce by wearing one of the brand’s baseball caps in the video.
