'David and Victoria are digging deep into their bag of tricks': Beckham feud hits new low after Harper's attempt at reconciliation as insiders tell ALISON BOSHOFF that family believe Brooklyn is being 'mean' and 'heartless'

The stand-off between the Beckhams and their son Brooklyn reached a dramatic new low yesterday – with ugly accusations and counter-accusations after Brooklyn’s sister Harper was pictured trying to make contact with him.

Brooklyn, 27, hasn’t seen his parents David and Victoria since late 2024 and this January he accused them of manipulating him throughout his ‘whole life’ and trying to ‘ruin’ his relationship with wife Nicola Peltz .

On Friday, his former footballer father David received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, watched by pal Tom Cruise , singer-turned-fashion-designer wife Victoria and their children Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21, and Harper, 14, who had all flown to Los Angeles for the event.

Four hours after the ceremony, Harper was photographed in the same pink dress and cardigan she wore to the ceremony going to Brooklyn and Nicola’s home.

The couple were not in and she left after a few minutes after reportedly leaving a hand-written letter. The paparazzi pictures were printed in the New York Post over the weekend.

David Beckham is accompanied by his wife Victoria, daughter Harper and sons Romeo and Cruz, right, as he receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Brooklyn has reportedly had no meaningful contact with Harper since the row over his father's 50th birthday party in May 2025

Brooklyn’s lawyers accused the Beckhams of using Harper as a pawn in the hostilities.

Their statement said: ‘The fact that photographers were in place as the letter was hand-delivered says it all – this was choreographed for the cameras.’

Friends of Brooklyn’s yesterday doubled down on that allegation, accusing David and Victoria of ‘digging deep in to their bag of tricks’ with the Harper visit.

A friend commented: ‘Acting like this is very in character and on brand for the Beckhams, and it proves what Brooklyn has been saying all along. They are digging deep into their bag of tricks with this. This option that they chose is so counter-productive.

‘It achieves nothing other than relaying their desperation and all that results in is that the relationship just deteriorates.’

The source added that Brooklyn has had no meaningful contact with Harper since the row over David’s 50th birthday party in May 2025. They explained this is not because he doesn’t care about her, but the opposite.

I’m told Brooklyn loves his sister but believes any ongoing contact puts her in ‘too difficult’ a position with their parents, and so he has opted to step back to try and protect her from getting drawn into the hostilities. The source said: ‘Brooklyn has had very limited contact for that reason, and this latest incident with Harper shows that his instincts were right. Using the kids in your campaigning, this is not a great look for a parent.

‘Nothing has changed since [his statement in] January. Brooklyn does not want to get involved in a PR war. The Beckhams have never grasped the reality of what they did to him and Nicola, and that the constant campaigning against their son’s wife had consequences. It’s not just what they did, it is that they didn’t stop doing it. It is very sad when a family is fractured like this.’

Friends of the Beckhams though insisted yesterday that David and Victoria had not been aware that Harper had gone to visit Brooklyn.

They claimed that a photographer had just ‘got lucky’ to catch her there.

The 27-year-old shared an Instagram story showing himself running in New York, making it clear he was on the opposite side of the country when his sister arrived at his front door

Describing the idea of set-up pictures and a PR stunt involving the teenager as ‘obviously nonsense and unpleasant’, a friend said: ‘As if anyone would do that, let alone on the day of David’s star. If they were really brand and image-obsessed, [the ceremony] would have been the focus, not setting up pap shots which, by the way, they have never done.

‘I suspect the paparazzi was there waiting to catch Brooklyn and Nicola on the day of David’s star ceremony – it was just lucky for the pap.

‘Harper dropped past on the spur of moment. No one even knew Harper had been there. She went off her own back, to drop something off.’

David and Victoria hadn’t known of her plan but would have been supportive of it if they had, the friend said.

Now more strongly than ever, the Beckham family believe that Brooklyn is ‘mean’ and ‘heartless’ and as proof, they point to the allegation that Harper’s visit was choreographed. The source said: ‘How can anyone criticise a 14-year-old who has been cut off from her brother for more than a year? It’s really a very unkind and unpleasant thing to say but frankly nothing is a surprise.

‘Only they can answer why they are now choosing to attack the sister that they previously liked to pretend he maintained contact with.’

Friday’s photos showed Harper arriving in a chauffeur-driven car at Brooklyn and Nicola’s Beverly Hills property and leaving looking thoughtful just moments later.

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