Victoria Beckham posted a Father’s Day tribute to David Beckham on Instagram on June 15, tagging him and writing to their children collectively — a move Page Six and multiple outlets characterized as the couple’s latest attempt to reach their eldest son, Brooklyn Beckham, through the platform rather than privately.
Brooklyn, 27, and his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham have been estranged from the Beckham family for a reported stretch of months. The specific trigger for the rift has not been confirmed in any filing or official statement; what has accumulated is a public record of pointed posts, conspicuous absences from family photographs, and occasional interview remarks that stop just short of naming each other directly.
This was not the first Instagram deployment. Prior tributes and birthday posts from both David and Victoria have drawn the same reading from observers — that the Beckhams have, at some point, concluded that social media is the channel most likely to actually get through.
Brooklyn has not commented publicly on the Father’s Day post. Nicola Peltz Beckham has not commented publicly on the Father’s Day post. A family spokesperson has not commented publicly on the Father’s Day post.
The caption, at least, got 1.2 million likes.