David and Victoria Beckham are standing united with their family amid eldest son Brooklyn’s recent bombshell allegations about them.
On Monday, January 26, Victoria, 51, shared a series of images via Instagram after she was honored with the French equivalent of a knighthood by France’s Ministry of Culture.
In one of the pictures, the fashion designer, clad in all black, posed with her husband, three of their four children — Romeo, 23, Cruz, 20, and daughter Harper, 14 — and Romeo and Cruz’s respective partners, Kim Turnbull and Jackie Apostel.
The group smiled for the cameras against an ornate backdrop of a chandelier and gilded decor inside the French Ministry of Culture in Paris.
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Victoria, Harper, Romeo and Kim all matched in black outfits, while David, 50, wore a dark blue suit. Cruz added a little flair to his look by pairing a blue cardigan with a white shirt and pink tie. Jackie, 29, wore a long-sleeved cream top and skirt.
“I’m so honored to be named a Chevalière de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture,” Victoria captioned her post. “I have always deeply admired the French aesthetic and the seriousness with which it treats fashion: as a form of art. So to be recognized here and embraced in this way, is a profound privilege — one that reflects decades of commitment and dedication. My sincere thanks to the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati for this honor.”
The former Spice Girls singer went on to thank her family for their support also.
“Thank you also to business partners who believed in me, my family, and especially David — my husband, and original investor. I couldn’t be more grateful, you are my everything xx,” she wrote.
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Elsewhere in the carousel of images, Victoria also shared images with France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati and friends, including Anna Wintour.
Notable by their absence at Monday’s prestigious affair were David and Victoria’s eldest son, Brooklyn, 26, and his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham.
A week before Monday’s family outing, Brooklyn penned a lengthy social media statement detailing his estrangement from his family, which he said dates back to before his April 2022 wedding to Nicola, 31.
“I do not want to reconcile with my family,” Brooklyn wrote via his Instagram Story on January 19, adding, “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,” Brooklyn alleged in his statement. “The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.”
“My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else,” he continued. “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.”
Brooklyn further accused his parents of attempting to sabotage his relationship with Nicola and claimed that Victoria “hijacked” the couple’s first dance.
“My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song,” he wrote. “In front of our 500 wedding guests, [singer] Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule [it] 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.”
Neither David nor Victoria have publicly commented on Brooklyn’s claims. Us Weekly previously reached out to reps for both David and Victoria for comment.
