The last pH๏τograph of the Beckham family with their eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz before their feud kicked off shows them smiling at Christmas time.

The picture of familial bliss shows Victoria and David and their four children with Nicola gathered in front of a Christmas tree, posted on Boxing Day last year.

The image is a far cry from the tense relations between the Beckhams and their son and his wife, following reports that things are ‘beyond repair’.

Just five months after Victoria wrote ‘being together makes me so happy’, Brooklyn and Nicola failed to show up to any of David’s 50th birthday celebrations.

Things came to a head when Brooklyn and Nicola didn’t attend, with The Mail revealing that a rift with Nicola is at the centre of the breakdown in relations.

The image showed Cruz, 20, Romeo, 22, Brooklyn, 26, Harper, 13, David, Victoria and Nicola, 29, all gathered together in a picture perfect moment.

The caption, read: ‘Being together for the holidays makes me so happy xxxx I love you all so much @davidbeckham @brooklynpeltzbeckham @romeobeckham @cruzbeckham @nicolaannepeltzbeckham #harperseven x.’

The last pH๏τograph of the Beckham family with their eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz before their feud kicked off shows them smiling at Christmas time 

A couple of months before, they were all together again at the Los Angeles launch of Brooklyn’s H๏τ sauce brand Cloud 23

Proving that they were on good terms at the time, Nicola replied to her mother-in-law: ‘I love you all so much!’

A couple of months before, they were all together again at the Los Angeles launch of Brooklyn’s H๏τ sauce brand Cloud 23.

The family put their full support behind Brooklyn as he released his latest venture as they all travelled across the pond to attend the event.

The same month they gathered again in London for a separate launch of the £15 sauce at a London Wholefoods store.

In September, they all gathered in Paris to support her at fashion week as she presented her SS25 collection.

Amid claims of the family feud, David and Victoria are said to be ‘deeply sad’ about the rift, while reports the pair were unwelcoming towards Nicola have been shut down by sources close to the couple. 

Friends of the Beckhams told The Mirror the couple backed Nicola ‘at every opportunity’ and that there was ‘no anger but just a deep sense of sorrow about how things have turned out.’

The source added: ‘They have gone above and beyond to help Nicola with her endeavours.’ 

The family put their full support behind Brooklyn as he released his latest venture as they all travelled across the pond to attend the event

In September, they all gathered in Paris to support her at fashion week as she presented her SS25 collection

Noting that the family attended the premiere of Nicola’s film Lola in Los Angeles last year, they went on: ‘Victoria was even on crutches after injuring her foot but wouldn’t miss it for the world as she knew how important it was for Nicola, and her son.’

Rumours of the family rift began to ramp up around the time of David’s birthday last week, which culminated with a mᴀssive party held at London’s esteemed Michelin-star restaurant Core on Saturday night.

The bash was attended by A-list stars including Tom Cruise while David and Victoria’s children Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13, all attended, though Brooklyn was notably absent.

It was claimed Brooklyn and Nicola pulled out of attending the Met Gala with the intention of attending David’s birthday party, but were no shows at both events.

Brooklyn was reportedly planning to attend David’s party, but felt too uncomfortable to come after he felt Nicola was being blamed for the rift with his family.

Claims that Brooklyn and Nicola were rebuffed when they asked David and Victoria to celebrate David’s birthday privately were also said to be untrue.

Sources close to Nicola told TMZ they wanted ‘to get together privately’ to avoid Romeo’s girlfriend Kim Turnbull as the couple are said to ‘have a problem’ with her.

Brooklyn also missed out on David’s early celebrations in Miami last month as well as parties in the Cotswolds, France and London this week.

Rumours of the family rift began to ramp up around the time of David’s birthday last week, which culminated with a mᴀssive party held at London’s esteemed Michelin-star restaurant Core on Saturday night 

The bash was attended by A-list stars including Tom Cruise while David and Victoria’s children Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13, all attended, though Brooklyn was notably absent 

Following the birthday party snub, it was revealed Brooklyn also declined an invitation by his father to join him and his brothers on a ‘boys’ fishing trip to celebrate his 50th.

The Mail revealed David invited Brooklyn on a short break six months ago when he began planning, yet his son failed to go despite arriving in the UK the day he went with Romeo and Cruz.

Sources have suggested that Brooklyn’s decision was influenced by his American actress wife Nicola.

‘Brooklyn was asked to join them ages ago,’ one claimed. ‘Then he came to London in time but he didn’t go. Once again David made the best of things and had a great time with Cruz and Romeo.’

David still offered an olive branch to his son as he shared snaps from the trip, as he captioned one of his posts: ‘You were missed @brooklynbeckham.’

The Mail revealed Romeo’s girlfriend Kim Turnbull is being made the ‘scapegoat’ in the feud between Brooklyn and David.

Kim and Brooklyn were undeniably close for a brief period – as pH๏τographs of them together in 2016 show – but suggestions that they were ever an item are wide of the mark, according to well-informed sources who spoke to The Mail.

In fact, younger brother Cruz personally shut down the gossip recently when he responded to an Instagram post showing a picture of Romeo and Kim together.

Brooklyn and his wife Nicola were no-shows at any of David’s birthday events last week despite allegedly pulling out of the Met Gala to attend (pictured at the gala in 2022)

In a now-deleted message, one user commented: ‘It’s appropriate to date your brother’s ex too? Cool.’

Cruz replied: ‘Brooklyn and Kim never dated.’

One friend told the Mail’s Katie Hind at the weekend: ‘This is nothing to do with Kim and is all about Nicola.

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‘All David and Victoria want is their son back – and they will be there to welcome him any time.’

Family friends claim Brooklyn’s wife has a pattern of ‘starting an argument’ before family events and then preventing her husband from attending.

Some believe that friends of Nicola have been behind the briefings about Kim being the cause of Brooklyn’s rift with his family, some of which went so far to claim that he had told them he refused to come to any event at which Kim was present.

A source close to the family told MailOnline: ‘Brooklyn was close to Kim because she was dating Rocco and they all hung out in a тιԍнтknit friendship group. But that was years ago. Brooklyn and Kim were close, but there was never any romance.

‘It seems Nicola doesn’t like Brooklyn spending any time with the Beckhams full stop and is using his previous closeness to Kim and her getting in with the family as a reason to not be around them. 

‘She denies it, but Nicola has been controlling him since the wedding. The family – including the brothers – have had enough of it.

‘This is the narrative that’s been put out to other news outlets, that Romeo is dating his brother’s ex-girlfriend – and that’s really weird, so that’s why they wouldn’t want to be around the family when she is there.

‘But none of this is true. And it’s really upset Romeo and his parents because Kim is seemingly being used by Nicola as a reason to start the rift. Romeo is furious at the suggestion that he would bring an ex-girlfriend of Brooklyn into the family when there never was any romance.’