David Beckham kicked off his birthday with a lavish celebration at The Dorchester in London on Friday as he shared a kiss with his wife Victoria.
The former footballer, 50, enjoyed an evening out complete with a cake and candles on the night before his big day.
He was joined by his mum Sandra, dad Ted and his partner Hilary, and sisters Lynne and Jojo for the pre-birthday bash as well as Victoria’s parents Jackie and Anthony Adams.
Sharing a series of photos to Instagram, Victoria wrote: ‘The first of many celebrations. Happy birthday eve!’
While none of the Beckham children appeared to be present for this occasion, Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz will no doubt fail to celebrate with David at all this weekend.
David and Victoria haven’t spoken to Brooklyn since last May, when he and his wife snubbed the former footballer’s 50th birthday celebrations.
David Beckham kicked off his birthday with a lavish celebration at The Dorchester in London on Friday as he shared a kiss with his wife Victoria
The former footballer, 50, enjoyed an evening out complete with a cake and candles on the night before his big day
Victoria addressed her ‘challenging’ past year amid her feud with son Brooklyn in a rare TV interview last week.
When asked on the Today show by hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones about the tumultuous recent time for the family Victoria didn’t specifically reference her son, 27, but said she will ‘always protect’ her kids.
Jenna directly asked her in the interview: ‘You have had a pretty public challenging year – we have talked about it on this show. How do you get through the tough times?’
She replied: ‘You know, myself and David, we’re so close and we have incredible people around us.
‘We’re close to my parents and David’s parents. We support each other through everything that we do.
‘We love our children so much and have always really focused on protecting our children. But we laugh a lot. David is really, super funny.’
Brooklyn cut ties with his family in a scathing social media statement in January, declaring he has no plans to reconcile with his famous parents and accusing them of ‘controlling him for most of his life’.
David and Victoria have not been seen with their son since.
He was joined by his mum Sandra, dad Ted and his partner Hilary, and sisters Lynne and Jojo for the pre-birthday bash as well as Victoria’s parents Jackie and Anthony Adams
Sharing a series of photos to Instagram, Victoria wrote: ‘The first of many celebrations. Happy birthday eve!’
Victoria’s parents pictured
David’s sister Lynne pictured
Victoria also said in the new interview that her and her husband rely on each other to navigate tough times.
She said: ‘We support each other through everything that we do. We’ve grown together. And that’s where I feel so blessed.
‘We really have grown together. We support each other. We’ve both got big dreams. We’re both very, very ambitious and we support each other. I want him to be the best version of himself and that’s what he wants for me.’
Victoria previously said it’s important that her children behave ‘appropriately’ amid the family’s ongoing feud with eldest son Brooklyn.
Her remarks followed Brooklyn’s explosive statement about their estrangement, in which he claimed that Victoria had danced ‘inappropriately’ with him at his 2022 wedding to Nicola Peltz.
She also addressed the feud directly, saying: ‘I think that we’ve always — we love our children so much. We’ve always tried to be the best parents that we can be.
‘And you know, we’ve been in the public eye for more than 30 years right now, and all we’ve ever tried to do is protect our children and love our children. And you know, that’s all I really want to say about it’.
Victoria was also asked about whether she feels ‘remorse’ about bringing her family, including her four children, Brooklyn, Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21, and Harper, 14, as well as her parents, into the public spotlight.
She told The Wall Street Journal: ‘I wouldn’t say it comes with guilt, I’d say that there was a lot of adjusting from my mum and dad, when all of a sudden there were paparazzi outside their house,’ she replied. ‘We’ve really taken our families on this ride with us’.
Shortly before Christmas, Brooklyn blocked his parents on Instagram, and in January, he posted a brutal, bombshell six-page letter on the social media platform.
Brooklyn and Nicola’s lawyers wrote to the Beckhams’ legal team demanding that they only converse through them.
He claimed David and Victoria controlled him for most of his life, tried to split him and Nicola up and left him embarrassed when his mother danced ‘inappropriately’ with him during his first dance at his wedding.
