They got together over the Easter weekend at a family dinner, dubbed the “Peace Summit”, after a year of contentious speculation.
And despite posing as family on Thursday, it appears that Victoria Beckham and her eldest daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz are still a slight distance from each other.
The fashion designer, 48, joined husband David, 47, son Brooklyn, 24, and Nicola, 28, and daughter Harper Seven, 11, as they were all posing for a family photo together.
According to body language expert Judi James, the surprise fails to show “signs of bonding” between Victoria and Nicola – the latter seeming offhand at once.
The Beckhams spent Easter at billionaire Nicola’s £76 million mansion as they celebrated her and Brooklyn’s first year of marriage.
Back on track? Is this picture that proves the success of the peace summit? Nicola Peltz wrapped his arm around his mother-in-law Victoria Beckham on Thursday as they joined the family in a cozy snap
They appeared to be enjoying a night out together, with the American heiress and Victoria standing side by side, with the latter letting her arm close to Nicola to hang on, while the rest of the family held hands.
ANALYSIS: According to body language expert Jodi James (pictured), the snap fails to show ‘signs of bonding’ between Victoria and Nicola – with the latter looking like a pariah in the snap
Brooklyn shared the family photo to his Instagram Stories, writing, “I love you guys so much” as he captioned his family members.
The budding chef stood at the end of the group, wearing black leggings and a matching top.
Standing next to him, former soccer player David looked cute in a suit as he wrapped his arm around his wife, Victoria, who She chose a black blazer dress with transparent tights.
Nicola kept to her usual theme with a colorful knee-length dress, while Harper donned a pair of cowboy boots and a floral dress.
Every member of the family, except for Harper who has no public social media, has re-shared the photo on their Instagram feeds.
And according to body language expert Judy James, putting the family in the picture suggests that “there really aren’t set levels of bonding.”
After analyzing the snap, she told MailOnline: ‘If Brooklyn and Nicola are back in the bosom of the family, why are they being placed further apart, surrounding David and Victoria instead of together and in between? You’d expect the parents to do the interviews, to point out that Brooklyn and Nicola are lovable as a couple at the heart of the family unit.
Noting that Inclusivity focuses on David, Victoria, and Brooklyn, rather than the family as a whole, Jodi acknowledges that the former football player has his arms around his son like a protective parent. While Victoria’s head and pelvis are tilted towards boys as well.
Victoria left a straight arm that alternated between her and Nicola, creating the effect of a barrier. Nicola appears to have put her right arm behind Victoria’s back but there is no response from her mother-in-law,” Jodi shares.
It’s more of a celebration of Brooklyn than Nicola, she continues, adding, “It’s almost as if Victoria is celebrating Brooklyn’s return to the fold and has forgotten a little about Nicola.” There is a similar “echo” gesture from Brooklyn, where he puts his left hand in his pocket instead of wrapping it around his father.
Modified Relationships: The family spent Easter with a weekend dubbed the Peace Summit (LR: David Beckham’s father Brooklyn, Nicola, and his mother, Victoria Beckham)
Milestone: Over the weekend, Brooklyn and Nicola celebrated one year of marriage while surrounded by their families
Celebrating: Brooklyn was gushing over his wife with a post to celebrate the milestone, writing, “One year ago today I married my best friend xx I am the most lucky person to be able to call you my wife”
Nicola’s wide smile indicates that she is happy to send signals of family unity and her reflective ritual is indicative of her desire to appear like one of the family. Her left arm is placed around Harper’s shoulders in a gesture that mirrors David’s embrace of Victoria and the position of her leg is a perfect match for her mother-in-law’s.
Over the weekend, Brooklyn and Nicola celebrated one year of marriage while surrounded by their families.
The couple got married in a lavish ceremony at the lavish home of Nicola’s billionaire parents in Palm Beach, Florida in 2022.
gushing over his wife with a post to celebrate the milestone, Brooklyn wrote: “One year ago today I married my best friend xx I am the luckiest person to call you my wife.
When the Beckhams and Peltz got together for the occasion, it was thought he could end any rumors of a feud within the family once and for all, after they all appeared united last month for Brooklyn’s 24th birthday – but left some fans still wondering if there was crack.
In the year since the marriage of the aspiring chef and his lavish heiress wife, the family has been plagued by rumors of a fallout between the latter and her mother-in-law, Victoria.
While Victoria and Nicola were at the center of the drama, they seemed to be in good spirits when they came on Sunday and enjoyed an Easter egg hunt.
The Cold War began when Victoria and Nicola clashed over her wedding dress and the Transformers star accused her new mother-in-law of stealing the spotlight at her wedding.
The Beckhams refused to pay for Brooklyn’s US green card, a source claims, and most recently, the once-Spice girl turned down their son and daughter-in-law at their new Paris Fashion Week show, says a family insider.
A source who knows Nicola well said the drama started around her and her Brooklyn Palm Beach, FL wedding — and only escalated.
As a famous designer, many in the fashion world assumed that Victoria would design Nicola’s wedding dress. But instead, the bride appeared on the May cover of Vogue in Valentino Couture.
Nicola later gave an interview insisting that giving up Victoria’s offer was not designed to be a slight against her new mother-in-law.
“I was going and really wanted to, and after a few months, I realized her operator couldn’t do that, so I had to choose another dress,” she told Variety last month.
But an insider said Nicola never intended to wear Victoria Beckham to her wedding.
She would always let her design something. The source said she didn’t want to put that on her. She has a lot of talented designer friends.
It’s like if you have a husband in law, and they say they make the best meatballs, you hate meatballs, but you let them cook them anyway. That’s exactly what happened.
“She would never have worn it.”
Another source with knowledge of the dress controversy has led to the belief that Nicola was really considering wearing her mother-in-law’s design, but was left reeling at the “last minute”.
Valentino was worried they didn’t have “enough time to put the dress on because Victoria didn’t tell Beltzis that her atelier couldn’t make the dress for Nicola until the last minute,” said the second source.
Fun times: In the footage, the couple appeared to be enjoying their first year of marriage
Bunny Girl: The family, once near-famous, often spend vacations together (clockwise LR: son Brooklyn, daughter Harper, Romeo, Victoria, Cruz, and husband David)
After the dress drama was revealed, Nicola was humiliated when David and Victoria’s best friend Marc Anthony gave a gushy speech at her wedding — all about Victoria, according to an insider.
It was just an ode to Victoria and how wonderful she is. Nicola loves to be the center of attention, especially on her wedding day. “It really, really turned her off,” said the source.
“She walked off in the middle of her wedding with (sister) Brittany and her mother, and she had tears in her eyes.”
With the dust seemingly clearing up on Sunday, Beckham’s daughter Harper gleefully ran around the grounds collecting candy, while other family members were seen basking in the sun and bonding together.
