Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz renewed their marriage vows just three years after their original wedding, with the intimate ceremony taking place on Monday (11 August). The most striking aspect of the celebration was the complete absence of Brooklyn's famous family members.
David and Victoria Beckham, along with Brooklyn's younger siblings Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13, were nowhere to be seen in the glamorous ceremony photos. The couple shared romantic images on Instagram with the caption "only love".
The vow renewal was held at the Peltz family estate in Westchester County, near New York. Nicola's billionaire investor father Nelson Peltz officiated the ceremony, with the Peltz family taking centre stage in the intimate nuptials.
Private family celebration
Nicola, 30, wore a repurposed version of her mother's vintage Bardot-style wedding dress from 1985, completing the look with a delicate tiara. Pictures from the afterparty showed her in a powder blue gown covered in appliqué butterflies.
Brooklyn, 26, captioned another Instagram post "forever my girl" alongside pictures of the couple standing on a stage as they spoke their vows. The ceremony was surrounded by friends but notably excluded any members of his birth family.
Deepening family tensions
Relations between Brooklyn and his parents have appeared to fray after he married Peltz in a luxurious £3 million ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2022 and subsequently relocated to Los Angeles. Nicola has rarely been pictured with her in-laws since the wedding.
Tensions reportedly began around the original wedding when Nicola chose not to wear a Victoria Beckham design. She later told The Times that Victoria had realised her atelier could not make the dress in time, leading her to select a different designer.
The family rift became more apparent earlier this year when Brooklyn and Nicola were absent from David's 50th birthday celebrations. High-profile guests included Tom Cruise, Guy Ritchie, and Gordon Ramsay.
Recent unity attempts
In June, Victoria attempted to present a united family front by sharing Father's Day photos of the entire Beckham clan. The social media posts showed David with all his children, including Brooklyn, sitting arm-in-arm on a sofa singing "Sherry" by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
Despite these public displays of unity, Brooklyn's choice to renew his vows without any family present follows rumours that he has distanced himself from the family. While couples typically renew their wedding vows after decades of marriage, it is not known why the Peltz-Beckhams chose to update theirs so early on.
Sources used: "PA Media", "The Times" Note: This article has been edited with the help of Artificial Intelligence.
