29 h. ago Bad blood between the Beckhams at Christmas might seem trite. But here’s why it’s important | Jason Okundaye

It’s celebrity catnip, but beyond the headlines this is also a tale of family dysfunction. At this time of year, so many people know about thatThere is not one saga I have been more invested in this year than the Beckham family feud. In case you are not as shamelessly showbiz-pilled as I am, this is a drama that parses like something between the parable of the prodigal son and Catherine de Medici’s tension with her daughter-in-law Mary, Queen of Scots.It seems that, after years of a trying in-law dynamic, relations between the Beckham family and their first-born, Brooklyn, and his wife, the heiress Nicola Peltz, have soured. Brooklyn has been repeatedly and conspicuously absent from all the family group shots on Instagram and, most notably, mum Victoria’s Netflix documentary, and dad David’s 50th birthday celebrations and knighthood ceremony (and if you know how long Dave’s been auditioning for that honour, you’ll know that this was the biggest indicator of catastrophe).Jason Okunda...

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5 d. ago Holly Ramsay skips fiancé Adam Peaty's mum's 60th birthday for a lavish trip to Lapland ahead of their wedding as family feud rumbles on

The daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay, 25, is expected to marry the Olympian, 30, at Bath's Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul on December 2.

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2 w. ago Child bride due to be executed for the death of her abusive husband in Iran has her life spared after in

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2 w. ago Mum injured on birthday night out after drink spiked when she left it

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3 w. ago Iranian migrant can't be deported from the UK because he would be whipped to death in Iran over his affair with his Revolutionary Guards Corps brother's wife

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3 w. ago Stockton shooting: Mum 'lost' after three kids killed at her toddler's party with gunman on the loose

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3 w. ago Moment man who ran over and killed his girlfriend's brother on night they first met sobs 'I'm going to jail!' as he's arrested by police

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British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman have been detained in Iran for nearly a year, and to mark her birthday, which they will spend apart son Joe has penned a devastating open letter to his mum

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