Brooklyn Beckham sends David and Victoria extraordinary legal notice

A breach of the legal letter was the reason why Brooklyn Beckham blocked his parents online after mum Victoria “liked” a roast chicken video he shared.

Posh’s positive response to his poultry recipe on Instagram then led to a fall-out last month, with youngest son Cruz, 20, posting: “They (my parents) woke up blocked . . . so did I.”

However, I can now reveal the blocking followed weeks of frustration from Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola, who believe their requests for private reconciliation were ignored.

‘Heart-breaking tale’
Transformers star Nicola, 31 today, has also now blocked the Beckhams.

Brooklyn’s grandparents and wider family, though, have not been blocked and regularly comment on his posts, which he is happy with.

A source said: “Truly, people do not know the full facts of this heart-breaking tale, and think Brooklyn was just being truculent when he blocked his parents.

“The reality is that he issued them with a letter at the end of last summer, asking for any correspondence to go via lawyers only, and wanted to try and make amends privately not publicly.

“He felt his parents continued to ignore his wishes and kept mentioning him online instead of reaching out privately.

“For their part, David and Victoria have simply tried to let their beloved eldest son know the door is always open, and that they still care.

After this letter, they had no other physical means of reaching out to him so what were they to do?

“They of course feel utterly bemused and devastated by this latest turn of events. There is no malice from their part, only concern.

“But it is clear, if there is going to be any reconciliation, it will be away from prying eyes and must be done privately.

That’s all anyone wants but, alas, seems a long, long way off given they are only now communicating through lawyers.”

Last month, Brooklyn took to Instagram to demonstrate his chicken-in-beer recipe, prompting a “like” from Victoria.

Within 48 hours, he had blocked his immediate family.

This, Brooklyn’s friends feel, was therefore the “first social media act of war”.

Meanwhile, David, 50, and Victoria, 51, are represented by King Charles’s £800-an-hour lawyers Harbottle & Lewis.

It is not known how they replied to their son’s initial letter, but it is understood that was the last formal contact between all parties.

A source adds: “To be clear, this was a request via lawyers, not a direct legal threat.

“But, naturally, it is an unprecedented move which shows just how bad things have become.

Around this time, friends say the Beckhams invited Brooklyn to celebrate the former Man United star’s knighthood investiture in November.

He is also believed to have extended an olive branch to Nicola, inviting her to the evening dinner.