When David Beckham revealed that he had taken two of his sons on a fishing trip to the Scottish Highlands, Brooklyn Beckham's wife Nicola Peltz must have jumped out of her skin.
The designer, 51, has been at the centre of a feud that has pitted her eldest son and his wife Nicola Peltz on one side, and the rest of the family on the other.
Whatever David Beckham secretly wished for as he staged his lavish 50th birthday celebrations, it certainly would not have been to witness the hurtful spectacle of his own sons at war.
Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz were no-shows at any of David's birthday events last week, with sources claiming he felt his wife was being blamed for a rift with his family.
Brooklyn Beckham and his wife, Nicola Peltz, had been invited to all three of his dad's 50th birthday parties. But, says one source, 'each time Brooklyn left his parents hanging'.
The former footballer has already celebrated with a black tie pre-birthday bash in Miami, a family gathering at his £10million home in the Cotswolds and a family lunch in Paris.