Football legend David Beckham had a touching moment with his mum Sandra as they headed back to his working class roots amid the ongoing family drama with son Brooklyn
Sir David Beckham’s mum cried when she reunited with her football icon son for the first time since his knighthood. The sports star, 50, finally received his long-awaited title from King Charles on Friday as part of The King’s Birthday Honours List.
It comes after years of hard work from David through his football career and charity work off the pitch. The accolade now means he is a ‘Sir,’ and wife Victoria is a ‘Lady’.
However, his exciting news came at a very tough time for the Beckham family as the fallout with eldest son Brooklyn, 26, rumbles on. The aspiring chef is said to have found out about David’s knighthood through the media and has reportedly stopped responding to messages from his famous family.
In a series of blows, Brooklyn failed to attend any of David’s 50th birthday celebrations, acknowledge his knighthood and share anything for Father’s Day. Despite this, David has remained proud of his recent achievement as he has received the support from the rest of his family.
To celebrate, David returned to his working class roots as he headed to a traditional pie shop in London with his mum Sandra and sister Joanne. He shared: “Lunch with Mum, haven’t seen her since the news mum cried when she arrived, cried during lunch and cried when I was leaving x special moment for us all love you mum x.”
On Sunday, Brooklyn dealt another blow as he ignored Father’s Day. For the family who have long used social media to post gushing personal messages, it seems Brooklyn’s silence could be deafening.
His younger brothers Romeo and Cruz led the way in paying tribute to David for the special day. Cruz shared a snap of him chilling in the sun with his sports star dad and captioned the post saying: “Happy Father’s Day, I love you x.”
Meanwhile, Romeo posted two pictures of him and his father. One was of him as a child with David and he captioned it simply saying: “love you.”
David shared his own public message to his children as he appeared to hint at the feud. He shared: “My most important & favourite job in life is being a dad… I’m so proud of all of you and like daddy ( sorry boys ) tells you every single day I will always be here for you no matter what…
“Mummy thank you for doing the most important part and making me a father there is no greater gift in life than making me a dad… Happy Father’s Day… I love you kiddies more than you could imagine.”
A similar pattern followed on Friday when David was officially made a Sir. Brooklyn was nowhere to be seen on social media, adding fuel to the already blazing fire that the family are in the midst of a turbulent time.
Taking to Instagram, he instead shared three packets of pretzel pita chips. According to sources, David never told Brooklyn about his accolade and the former aspiring chef learned about the achievement through the media.
A source for Brooklyn told Page Six he was thrilled his dad was finally receiving the honour, while a source quoted as someone close to his parents told the publication: “Brooklyn told his family he wants no contact and he’s not responding to those that try to connect.”
Yet a separate Brooklyn source denied the claim, saying: “This seems to be another deliberate attempt to misrepresent the truth, and it only serves to distract from this honour being bestowed on Brooklyn’s father.”
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