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Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz celebrated their performative vow renewal as their 'official' anniversary as they took to Instagram with another jibe at his estranged parents on Tuesday.
While the couple officially tied the knot at a three-day extravaganza at the Peltz family Palm Beach estate in April 2022 in front of 500 guests, they later renewed their vows in August 2025 – and pointedly did not invite the Beckham family.
Their performative second wedding came just 1,200 days after they first tied the knot, after Brooklyn accused Victoria of ruining their first wedding by hijacking their first dance and calling him 'evil' when she wasn't seated at his table.
It comes after Brooklyn and Nicola narrowly missed running into his estranged family last week as they holidayed with Elton John on his yacht, just a stone's throw from where the Beckhams were also staying.
Marking the vow renewal on Tuesday after celebrating over the weekend, Brooklyn called the actress, 31, his 'absolute princess'.
He penned: 'Happy anniversary Nicola I can’t tell you how much I love you x you are my best friend and I love you more than life itself xx.
'I am so lucky to be able to call you my wife xx you are my absolute princess and I promise to always protect you xx.'
Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz celebrated the anniversary of their performative second wedding which excluded his estranged family over the weekend
The couple narrowly missed running into his estranged family last week as they holidayed in France, just a stone's throw from where the Beckhams were also staying
Victoria and David were most recently seen on their yacht in St Tropez, 75 miles away from their son, who is staying on Elton's boat near Nice (pictured)
Nicola also posted, writing: 'happy anniversary my love you make life so beautiful. thank you for being the most amazing husband i could ever dream of.'
In Brooklyn's scathing bombshell statement earlier this year, the eldest Beckham son explained that he and Nicola hosted a vow renewal without his family, as they wanted to 'create new memories that bring us joy and happiness' after Victoria ruined their wedding.
Back in April, Brooklyn marked the official wedding anniversary with a huge bunch of white roses for his wife.
However, the gushing tribute was only posted to his Instagram story, which disappears after 24 hours, rather than being given a permanent spot on his social media as a grid post.
Brooklyn and Nicola first tied the knot in April 2022 during a three-day extravaganza at the Peltz family Palm Beach estate, with 500 guests and both families stood front and centre.
Yet, three years later when Brooklyn and Nicola said 'I do' once more in New York's Westchester County, the festivities were fairly one-sided – with most of the guestlist comprising of Brooklyn's post-Nicola peers and pals – and none of the Beckhams invited.
In his statement in January, Brooklyn detailed the 'anxiety and embarrassment' he felt when Victoria hijacked their first dance and called him 'evil' when she wasn't seated at his table.
He wrote: 'During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me ''evil'' because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands.
'Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours. The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family."
'My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song.
Marking the vow renewal on Tuesday after celebrating over the weekend Brooklyn called the actress, 31, his 'absolute princess'
While the couple officially tied the knot at a three-day extravaganza at the Peltz family Palm Beach estate in April 2022 in front of 500 guests, they later renewed their vows in August 2025 - and pointedly did not invite the Beckham family
'In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.
'She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.
'We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.'
Brooklyn narrowly missed bumping into his parents in the South of France last week, as the couple joined his godfather Elton John on his yacht just a stone's throw from where his estranged parents were also holidaying.
It marks the closest Brooklyn had been to his family in months as they holiday just along the coast of the French Riviera.
Victoria and David were most recently seen on their yacht in St Tropez, 75 miles away from their son, who is staying on Elton's boat near Nice.
Once again, Brooklyn skipped his family's annual getaway on the £16million yacht after severing ties with his parents and siblings.
Instead, he united with Elton and his husband David Furnish, where they were spotted chatting on board the vessel.
The Beckhams and Elton have been pals for more than 30 years, with David affectionately calling the musician 'Uncle Elton' after the pair became friends in his football heyday.
Yet Elton appears to be pledging an allegiance with Brooklyn and Nicola as they enjoyed a luncheon on the sundeck.
Before heading to the South of France, David and Victoria had been in the US – with Romeo and Kim, Harper, 15, Cruz, 21, and his girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30 – to watch the World Cup, but despite living in California, Brooklyn avoided meeting up with his family amid their ongoing estrangement.
In January, Brooklyn released a scathing six-page statement denouncing his parents and declared he was no longer part of 'Brand Beckham'.
He also claimed his parents had controlled him for much of his life, attempted to drive a wedge between him and Nicola and left him embarrassed when his mother danced 'inappropriately' with him during the first dance at his wedding.
He has not acknowledged any of his parents' birthdays or milestones publicly since their rift began, around the time of David's 50th celebrations, and failed to share a post on Father's Day this year.
It was previously reported that Brooklyn was 'furious' that his parents had included him in a Father's Day post and wants them to 'leave him alone'.
Shortly before Christmas last year, Brooklyn blocked his parents on Instagram, while his lawyers later wrote to the Beckhams' team requesting all communication be conducted through legal representatives.
Brooklyn Beckham's statement in full
I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.
I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.
Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.
My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.
Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.
They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.
During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me "evil" because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.
The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family." Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.
Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer.
My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.
She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.
My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.
Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.
When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.
My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family "love" is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations.
We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family.' But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.
The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.
I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.
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