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Brooklyn Beckham's friends say they are 'not surprised' he failed to acknowledge David's knighthood - as Victoria and brothers shower father with pride

While the former England football captain was inundated with congratulatory messages from his family across social media, 26-year-old Brooklyn publicly remained silent.

Sources close to the family are now waiting to see whether Brooklyn, who lives in Los Angeles with his wife American heiress Nicola Peltz, takes to Instagram to wish David a happy Father’s Day today (pictured last month) It’s a tribute that a decade ago looked unlikely to be granted after David blasted the honours committee for taking his name off their list, calling them ‘unappreciative c***s’ and insisted he ‘didn’t care about being knighted’. However, that was all ancient history when in a gushing Instagram post, Victoria, 51, wrote alongside a picture of her planting a kiss on David’s face: ‘You’ve always been my knight in shining armour, but now it’s official.

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