Brooklyn Beckham awkwardly avoids dad in return to London as bitter feud rumbles on

David Beckham and his son, , were both in London this week, but reportedly failed to meet up as their rumbles on. The fallout started after Brooklyn and his wife, , swerved David's 50th birthday celebrations two weeks ago, despite having flown over to the UK to reportedly celebrate with the England star in private.

It's all got very messy, with some reports suggesting David and Victoria are 'done' with their 'controlling' daughter-in-law while others say Brooklyn is hurt that his parents are showing 'favouritism' to brother, Romeo, who is dating Brooklyn's former friend, Kim Turnbull. While neither Brooklyn or David have commented on the drama - apart from David telling his firstborn he missed him during a trip for his birthday - both Beckhams were in the capital on Monday.

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Self-confessed 'nutter in the kitchen', Brooklyn, was booked for a modelling shoot for Italian fashion house, Moncler. Meanwhile, David, was just half a mile down the road for the Chelsea Flower Show where he met the King and Queen.

reports it was was a fly-in visit for the hot sauce enthusiast, who arrived in London early Monday morning and was at the photoshoot from 9am until around 4pm.

He then went to his hotel in Park Lane to spend the evening with Nicola, who shared snaps from the Moncler shoot on Instagram, and flew back to America at 7am on Tuesday. He allegedly opted not to stay at the Beckham's family home in Holland Park - despite it being close to the shoot.

A source said: "Brooklyn has now signed a six-figure deal to front Moncler's new campaign and flew into London to shoot it yesterday. He was being photographed in the street and people passing by couldn't believe it when they saw it was Brooklyn.

"Working with Nicola on this campaign is really exciting for Brooklyn too. They love working together and think this Moncler campaign is very chic.

"But it strikes a chord knowing how close in distance Brooklyn was to David given how tense their relations have been recently. Brooklyn was filming five minutes away by car.'

The insider noted that Brooklyn's relationship with his family is "still strained".

Victoria, who is said to be heartbroken by the family fallout appeared to offer an olive branch to Brooklyn when she shared a snap of her four kids on her dad's birthday saying: "We all love you so much". Meanwhile, David also posted a photo of Brooklyn along with his siblings as he wished Victoria a happy US mother's day.

Sources claimed to The that Nicola and Brooklyn David's birthday. "Nicola encourages Brooklyn to see his family and is usually the reason Brooklyn does see his family. They are both devastated," they said.

"They cannot believe that Victoria and David refused to see them privately after they travelled all the way to London specifically to try to repair the relationship. As parents, it’s shocking that Victoria & David are behaving this way... instead of privately discussing the issue. Victoria and David (appear to) have no interest in finding a solution that works for everyone."

The Mirror has contacted David's reps for comment on this story.

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