When the Beckhams gathered on May 3 to celebrate David’s milestone birthday with a star-studded dinner in London, two guests were noticeably absent. “There are tensions between Brooklyn and Nicola and the family,” an insider says of David and Victoria’s oldest son, 26, and his wife, 30. Although the couple received an invite to the 50th-birthday soiree, People learned they did not attend due to their strained relationship with David and Victoria, 51.
Brooklyn and Nicola have also skipped other recent family gatherings, including Victoria’s 51st birthday in April and a previous birthday celebration for David in Miami in March (see inset). The pair’s three other kids—Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13—as well as famous friends Tom Brady, Shaquille O’Neal and Lionel Messi all attended the Florida fete. After…