As Prince Harry testified in a London Court Wednesday, getting tearful about \u201cthe misery\u201d his wife, Meghan Markle, suffered at the hands of negative coverage by the Daily Mail, that U.K. tabloid and other publications were questioning whether he and Meghan had a role in Brooklyn Beckham\u2019s decision to publicly lambast his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, and to blow up his relationship with them.<\/p>\n
So, no one is saying that Harry and Meghan actively encouraged their young friend, Brooklyn Beckham, to launch a social media tirade against his father and mother Monday \u2014 in which he said he had no wish to reconcile with them while accusing them of \u201ccontrolling\u201d him his entire life and of trying to ruin his marriage to Nicola Peltz.<\/p>\n
But multiple publications have addressed the growing friendship between the California-based Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the younger celebrity couple. And, they noted the obvious similarities in the \u201cnarratives\u201d of Harry and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
Forty-one-year-old Harry, like 26-year-old Brooklyn, became estranged from his prominent British family after marrying a glamorous American actress, whom he claims received a cold welcome. Harry, like Brooklyn, also decamped to the United States in an effort to get away from a global family brand that he found oppressive. Moreover, Harry, like Brooklyn, wanted to establish his own identity and path to financial self-sufficiency. At the same time, both Harry and Brooklyn have chosen to air their grievances against their families in the most sensational way possible.<\/p>\n
It was widely reported in May<\/a> that Brooklyn and Nicola were becoming friendly with Harry and Meghan. People and other outlets described<\/a> how the two couples hung out together at a dinner party in the Sussexes\u2019 hometown of Montecito, amid \u201ctensions\u201d with Brooklyn\u2019s family. A source told People<\/a>: \u201cBrooklyn and Nicola had a wonderful time and found Harry and Meghan to be particularly kind, caring and generous.\u201d<\/p>\n Daily Mail columnist Maureen Callahan asked on Wednesday<\/a> whether \u201cnepo baby\u201d Brooklyn \u201csought counsel on how to most effectively publicly humiliate your family of origin\u201d when he and Nicola met up with Harry and Meghan at the dinner party. She also noted that Harry has \u201csome skin in the game\u201d after experiencing a reported falling-out with David and Victoria Beckham after they were among the celebrity guests at his May 2018 royal wedding. Harry apparently accused the Beckhams of leaking stories about Meghan to the media, according to reports.<\/a><\/p>\n At the same time, David Beckham\u2019s friendship with Harry\u2019s father, King Charles has grown, with the former Manchester United soccer legend being \u201ca staunch monarchist,\u201d and the two patriarchs bonding over shared their interests in gardening and philanthropy, InStyle reported.<\/a> In November, Charles rewarded Beckham for his loyalty to the U.K. \u2014 and maybe to him personally \u2014 with a knighthood. Charles himself performed the ceremony at Windsor Castle, which Sir David Beckham said was \u201cmy proudest moment.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n