How Nanny Sandra lies at the heart of the Beckham war as Brooklyn claims mum Victoria called him ‘evil’ for not following tradition and having his parents on the top table

Brooklyn’s Beckham wedding day to Nicola Peltz appeared to be the catalyst for his explosive feud with his parents.

But it’s not just the wedding dress rift or THAT comment about his mum’s dancing, as it seems his Nanny Sandra lies at the heart of the family turmoil.

Brooklyn shared his side of the feud for the first time on Monday night in a brutal takedown, where he claimed his mother Victoria Beckham called him ‘evil’ because he chose not to have his parents at the top table for the wedding. 

Instead, Brooklyn said the couple opted to have his Nanny Sandra, his dad David’s mum, and Nicola’s ‘naunni’ sit with them at the top table because both women didn’t have husbands. David’s dad Ted attended the wedding with his new wife Hilary while Nicola’s grandfather had passed away.

Brooklyn said his family and Nicola’s family were placed on their own tables ‘equally adjacent’ to the top table. 

This is a diversion from tradition as usually top table etiquette places the couple in the centre, with their parents on either side. 

Brooklyn’s Beckham wedding day to Nicola Peltz appeared to be the catalyst for his explosive feud with his parents – but it seems his Nanny Sandra lies at the heart of the family turmoil (Brooklyn and Nicola seen with Sandra)

Brooklyn shared his side of the feud, where he claimed his mother Victoria Beckham called him ‘evil’ because he chose not to have his parents at the top table for the wedding (Victoria seen on the wedding day)

The traditional UK order (from the left) is: chief bridesmaid, groom’s father, bride’s mother, groom, bride, bride’s father, groom’s mother, best man – however most couple opt to sit their parents together. 

‘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,’ Brooklyn wrote. 

‘Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.’ 

Elsewhere in the statement, Brooklyn claimed Victoria pulled out of making Nicola’s wedding dress at the ‘eleventh hour’ – which was seemingly at odds with an account given by the bride’s stylist at the time. 

Brooklyn claimed Victoria ‘cancelled’ plans to make Nicola’s gown at the last minute, ‘forcing her to urgently find a new dress’. 

But in an article published in Vogue four weeks after their April 2022 nuptials Nicola’s stylist Leslie Fremar said the dress was a year in the making.

Nicola also addressed the controversy in a Grazia interview in which she said that after Victoria said her atelier couldn’t make the gown in time, she travelled to Valentino’s headquarters to start the design process.

The actress, 31, sported a stunning couture Valentino bridal dress on the big day. 

Brooklyn said his family and Nicola’s family were placed on their own tables ‘equally adjacent’ to the top table (Brooklyn and Sandra pictured in 2006)

Brooklyn said his family and Nicola’s family were placed on their own tables ‘equally adjacent’ to the top table 

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.

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Hollywood stylist Leslie, who is behind the wardrobes of Demi Moore, Julianne Moore and Charlize Theron, took two trips to Valentino’s headquarters in Rome to see the design come to life with the brand’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli and his team.

There was then two US fittings with Nicola, with the head seamstresses even journeying to Miami to ensure it was tailored perfectly. 

Leslie said: ‘It was the ultimate couture experience. The simplicity of it was magnificent. We didn’t have to overly detail the dress to accomplish the magnitude of it, so we ended up eliminating the embroidery.’ 

Now, making claims about what he says actually happened with the dress, Brooklyn wrote in his scathing post on Monday: ‘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.’ 

Tensions of a brewing feud began over Nicola’s choice of wedding dress, with rumours at the time claiming it was the actress who refused to wear one of Victoria’s eponymous designs. 

She instead opted for various designs from Valentino, Christian Dior and Versace.

Nicola later confirmed the rumours had begun after she didn’t wear Victoria’s design. 

On Monday, Brooklyn, 26, launched an extraordinary online attack on his parents, accusing David, 50, and Victoria, 51, of trying to ‘ruin’ his marriage 

Brooklyn said he was so ’embarrassed and humiliated’ by his mother on his wedding day, he renewed his vows with Nicola on August 2 without his family present (pictured) 

While she denied there was a ‘feud’, she explained that Victoria’s atelier simply hadn’t had time to make the dress, as she insisted: ‘No family is perfect.’

She told the Sunday Times in 2022: ‘I think it all started, and I’ve said this before, because I didn’t end up wearing Victoria’s wedding dress. But the real truth is I really, really wanted to wear it and I thought it was so beautiful that Brooklyn’s mum got to make that for me.’  

The wedding dress drama was bolstered by the fact that Victoria not only wore her own dress design on the day – but four of her dearest friends and her own mother attended the nuptials wearing her designs. 

In his explosive statement, Brooklyn also claimed Victoria hijacked their first dance which left him so ’embarrassed’, they decided to renew their vows without his family last year.  

He also hit out at his father, as he said he was in the UK to attend David’s 50th celebrations, but claimed repeated requests to see him beforehand were ignored and ‘when he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn’t invited’.