The Royal Rift: The End of Friendship Between the Sussexes and the Beckhams

The chronicles recount that, before the marriage to Harry in 2018, the Beckhams secretly hosted Meghan Markle in their luxurious Beverly Hills home, away from paparazzi and prying eyes. And it was Victoria who was one of the first to support Meghan during her move to London and her entry into the royal family. The Sussexes and the Beckhams were very close, but in 2023, a furious argument led to the end of their friendship. This is proven by the fact that among the 100 very select guests, invited a few days ago to the former Spice Girl's 50th birthday in London, Harry and Meghan were nowhere to be seen. But what happened? Spice Girls, the reunion at Victoria Beckham's 50th birthday: here are the looks of Geri, Emma, Mel C, and Mel B (and how they have changed). In 2018 David and Victoria attended Harry and Meghan's royal wedding. However, according to royal biographer Tom Bower, there were tensions even then. David and Victoria were invited only to the religious ceremony under the eyes of the cameras: not to the evening banquet. And 'this was almost an unforgivable insult to them'. According to Bower, Meghan and Harry did not want the Beckhams at the post-wedding party because they began to suspect that they were among the 'moles' leaking personal details to the press. But that was only the first slight. In October 2018, David was invited by Harry to Sydney to attend the Invictus Game, the event created by the prince in honor of wounded war veterans. Arriving in Australia, Beckham did not find Harry waiting for him at the airport. And according to Bower, he was very upset. But why did the prince snub the former footballer? According to the royal expert, the 'fault' was Markle's. The duchess, on her first royal trip after marrying Harry, 'did not want to be overshadowed by David Beckham nor find herself in competition with his wife, Victoria'. Meghan 'wanted her trip to be a success'. The situation worsened when Harry and Meghan, from overseas, began to openly criticize the royal family. David and Victoria, always very close to William and Kate Middleton, drifted further and further away from the Sussexes. The final straw, however, according to British tabloids, came in 2023, when Harry and Meghan, during a furious phone argument, accused David and Victoria of leaking personal news about them to the press. Since then, the designer and the former footballer wanted nothing more to do with the Sussexes.