Victoria and David Beckham have a good time son Cruz’s twenty first birthday at lavish London venue with household – as Brooklyn continues to isolate himself from his family members

On Feb 21, 2026

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Published: 14:26, 21 February 2026 | Updated: 14:50, 21 February 2026

Victoria and David Beckham treated their family to a swanky meal at Gymkhana in Piccadilly to celebrate son Cruz’s 21st birthday on Friday night.

The Beckhams put on a united front as they departed the lavish London venue, while oldest son Brooklyn continues to isolate himself from his relatives.

Cruz celebrated his milestone birthday with his beloved girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, who sported a T-shirt featuring faces of him and his band members.

Despite the ongoing fallout, the family appeared with huge smiles on their faces after indulging at the Indian restaurant.

Victoria, 51, looked incredibly chic wearing items from her designer brand as she strutted out of the venue with Harper, 14, and husband David, 50.

Romeo, 23, and his girlfriend Kim Turnbull looked loved-up as they followed shortly behind.

Victoria, 51, and David Beckham, 50, treated their family to a swanky meal at Gymkhana in Piccadilly to celebrate son Cruz’s 21st birthday on Friday night

Cruz celebrated his milestone birthday with his beloved girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, who sported a T-shirt featuring faces of him and his band members

David was every inch the loving husband and father as he held out a hand as they walked down the steps.

He led the birthday tributes to ‘kind, considerate and fiercely loyal’ son Cruz, with the former footballer sharing an Instagram post that said almost as much about his estrangement from eldest child Brooklyn as it did his relationship with his youngest.

The retired Manchester United and England footballer was among the first family members to post birthday messages as the young musician celebrated his milestone 21st.

But Brooklyn’s decision to cut ties with his immediate family so publicly appeared to be weighing on his mind as he shared video footage of Cruz as a child.

‘Happy 21st birthday to my little boy,’ he wrote. ‘Not so little anymore but the proudest thing that I am of you is the person and man that you have become, you are kind, considerate and fiercely loyal to your family, friends and everyone around you which makes you a very special person.

‘You are on your own journey in life and you are working hard and having fun which is what life is all about… We love you Cruzie and hope you have the most amazing day because you deserve to.’

Brooklyn’s self-imposed estrangement – his parents and brothers have all been unfollowed on social media – has also extended to close family friend Gordon Ramsay and his eldest children, twins Holly and Jack.

Accompanying video footage showed a young Cruz honing his musical talents by playing the guitar and piano, spending time with his parents and holidaying with his siblings – including Brooklyn.

The Beckhams put on a united front as they departed the lavish London venue, while oldest son Brooklyn continues to isolate himself from his relatives

Despite the ongoing fallout, the family appeared with huge smiles on their faces after indulging at the Indian restaurant

Victoria, 51, looked incredibly chic in her designer brand

Romeo, 23, and his girlfriend Kim Turnbull looked loved-up as they followed shortly behind

David and Harper, 14, strutted out of the venue

David was every inch the loving husband and father as he held out a hand as they walked down the steps

David led the birthday tributes to ‘kind, considerate and fiercely loyal’ son Cruz

The retired Manchester United and England footballer was among the first family members to post birthday messages as the young musician celebrated his milestone 21st

Jackie sported a T-shirt with Cruz’s band members’ faces printed on

David and Harper sweetly departed the venue together

Victoria looked as chic as ever

The former footballer sharing an Instagram post that said almost as much about his estrangement from eldest child Brooklyn as it did his relationship with his youngest

David cut a dapper display in a navy suit

The family appeared in great spirits

David and Victoria brushed off the drama with their eldest son for one night as they celebrated their youngest son’s birthday

Victoria looked happy on the outing

The family looked stylish on their outing

David appeared in great spirits

Victoria carried a lavish Hermes birkin bag

Romeo and his girlfriend Kim looked completely loved-up

The couple held hands as they left the Indian restaurant

Birthday boy Cruz was gifted a present rom the restaurant

Cruz and Jackie looked smitten

The family have stretched out Cruz’s celebrations all week

Romeo couldn’t wipe the smile off of his face

Signing off with a reference to his wife, he added: ‘Well done mum on bringing up another special young man.’

The Beckhams and Ramsay families have been friends since their respective moves to the United States in the 2000s, where David and chef Gordon continued their respective careers in football and television.

With just nine months between them, Brooklyn, Holly and Jack were the best of friends and frequently spent play dates together during their childhood.

Sharing her own birthday message alongside a video filled with personal family moments, Victoria added: ‘Happy birthday…. we could not be prouder of the sweet, kind, talented young man you have become.

‘You have worked so hard and learned your craft, the world is now your oyster. We love you so much!!’

The event was the latest in a long line of family occasions to be snubbed by Brooklyn, last seen on Thursday, promoting his Cloud 23 hot sauce range at the 2026 South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Beach in Florida.

Now based in the United States with his actress wife – the daughter of billionaire businessman and investor Nelson Peltz – Brooklyn recently outlined his desire to distance himself from his family in a six page Instagram statement, filled with lurid allegations.

Addressing social media followers in January, Brooklyn claimed his parents had tried to sabotage his marriage and have always prioritised public branding over their family relationships.

Brooklyn was last seen on Thursday, promoting his Cloud 23 hot sauce range at the 2026 South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Beach in Florida

‘For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family,’ he wrote in six pages of text, shared on Instagram.

‘The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.’

He added: ‘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.’

Unlike his three younger siblings, Brooklyn did not appear in his mother’s recent Netflix docuseries, nor did he show up at the October premiere as he and Peltz had for the London premiere of his father’s docuseries in 2023.

Brooklyn and his wife also missed David’s 50th birthday celebrations last May, and were notably absent at Windsor Castle for the former footballer’s long awaited investiture on November 4.

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.