David and Victoria Beckham are Miami royalty: A look at the couple’s new A list pals after being ditched by former friends Harry and Meghan
David and Victoria Beckham are Miami royalty: A look at the couple’s new A list pals after being ditched by former friends Harry and Meghan
They may have been ‘Markled’ by Meghan and Harry but that hasn’t stopped the Beckhams from becoming Miami royalty.
And now the pair spend the summer in the Florida city, they have found themselves a new circle of friends – and most of them super A list.
David, 48, and Victoria, 49, have been packing on the PDA [public displays of affection] with their new pals which include reality stars, supermodels, top sports stars and business tycoons.
And they have flocked to watch David’s football team Inter Miami after he pulled off the sports deal of the year by signing Argentinian footballing legend Lionel Messi.
Even their young daughter Harper, 12, has been getting in on the action, joining Posh Spice and her new bestie Kim Kardashian for a girl’s night out at the club’s DRV PNK Stadium.
Their new set follows their being ‘Markled’ – a tongue-in-cheek term to describe how the Duchess of Sussex swiftly ditches her close friends – after she and Harry accused the Beckhams of leaking stories about them which left David ‘absolutely bloody furious’.
Here MailOnline reveals their new dazzling and super A list friendship group.
Kim Kardashian
The Beckhams have traded in British royalty for American as the couple are seen cosying up to none other than Kim Kardashian.
The 42-year-old makeup mogul and media personality has been on a self-proclaimed ‘soccer tour’ and stopped in at Lionel Messi’s debut game for Inter Miami with her son Saint, seven.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star was integrated into the Beckham fold as she was seen enjoying the game sitting next to the couple’s close friend, Serena Williams.
But the couple is friends with the A-lister off the pitch as Kim, who owns the $4 billion loungewear range Skims, has been a supporter of Victoria’s fashion ventures in LA by attending the launch events for Victoria Beckham Beauty with her sister Kourtney, 44.
Serena Williams
The 23-time Grand Slam winner joins the Beckhams on the ‘Markled’ list as the Duchess of Sussex appears to have been left off the list for Serena’s baby shower.
But the tennis star didn’t seem to care as she screamed her support for Lionel Messi and David’s team Inter Miami last week in the front row of the game with Kim Kardashian.
Despite organising Meghan’s baby shower for Prince Archie in 2019, Serena reportedly left her off the guest list for the celebration of her second child two days ago.
Serena, with her husband Alexis Ohanian, attended Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018.
But now it appears the pair have fallen out and Serena is spending time with her old friends the Beckhams instead.
Serena, 41, and her sister Venus, 42, attended the Beckhams’ son Brooklyn’s wedding to Nicola Peltz, the daughter of American billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz in Palm Beach last year.
Lebron James
Another piece of sporting royalty – he’s even nicknamed King James – is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers.
He was present for Messi’s Inter Miami debut and has also embraced being part of the Beckhams’s new social circle.
The 38-year-old welcomed Messi to the US with a post on his Instagram which said: ’Welcome brother!!! Always good to see and be in the presence of GREATNESS!!! #ComingToAmerica.’ He later embraced the new Inter Miami player afterwards.
James and Beckham have been friends for some years and 10 years ago the American sporting legend even confirmed he was in talks with the former England captain to join his soccer franchise but it wasn’t to be.
Lionel Messi and Antonela Roccuzzo
Football’s two power couples have collided to make one unbeatable unit – Posh and Becks meets Messi and Antonela.
The greatest goal scorer of all time Lionel Messi, 36, signed a whopping $60 million [£ 47 million] deal with David’s team last month and after years of planning Inter Miami gained a global icon.
Messi married his childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo, 35, in 2017 and the following year the model and the creator of the footwear brand, Sarkany, gave birth to their third son.
She boasts an impressive 35 million followers on Instagram and posts candid pictures on Instagram of the World Cup winner having family time with their three young sons.
The two legendary footballers and two fashion businesswomen have formed a close friendship since moving out to Miami.
The former Manchester United star recently claimed that bringing Messi to Inter Miami was one of the best moments of his life.
The former Spice Girl posted photos on her Instagram of the four of them enjoying drinks and dinner at Japanese- inspired steakhouse, Gekko, where a ribeye steak costs $12,000.
Sergio Busquets and Elena Galera Moron
Also pictured dining with the Beckhams and the Messis are the Spanish footballer and new Inter Miami signing, Sergio Busquets, and his girlfriend, Elena Galera Moron.
Busquets, 35, is Messi’s former Barcelona teammate and joined Inter Miami a day after the World Cup legend.
Busquets and his partner Elena Galera, 32, share two children, Enzo and Levi, and the family is close with the Messi clan and has joined them on dinners out with the Beckhams.
The restaurant, located in the Brickell neighbourhood of Miami, has already hosted several A-Listers, including the Beckham family’s friend Eva Longoria, Kaia Gerber, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner.
The ex-Barcelona midfielder and Elena have already immersed themselves into the Miami lifestyle by taking their two sons to baseball games and Busquets said he joined David’s team to escape the ‘harsh’ Spanish press.
Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner
Supermodel Karlie Kloss and her husband the billionaire businessman, Joshua Kushner, have been rubbing shoulders with the Beckhams for years.
The 31-year-old model appeared in an Adidas campaign with David in 2017 and the sportswear models have reunited in Miami.
Karlie announced she was expecting her second child at the Met Gala in May and gave birth to her son, Elijah Jude, earlier this month.
Less than a week later, the parents were out in support of the Beckhams at an Inter Miami game and the four of them took pictures together on the pitch.
Taylor Swift is known to be the supermodel’s main best friend, who knows, it might not be long until the Beckhams recruit the Midnights singer into their clan.
David and Isabela Grutman
They are known as the King and Queen of Miami – he’s a business mogul and she’s an international model – together, they are a powerful ally to have in the city.
Restaurant guru, David Grutman, 49, owns an expansive nightlife empire with two clubs and six restaurants including Gekko’s, frequented by the Beckhams during their Miami stay.
Isabela Grutman, 31, is a former model and runs the jewellery brand Isa Grutman where she charges £2,219 for a diamond body chain.
Close friends with Kim Kardashian and Victoria, the women have formed quite the trio regularly commenting ‘Love you’ on each other’s Instagram with Victoria commenting ‘Fomo’ on a picture of Isabela and Kim.
Ken Paves
Hairdresser and Godfather to their daughter, Harper Seven, Ken Paves is a friendly face for the Beckhams across the pond.
He’s known as the man behind the best hair in Hollywood, with his company Ken Paves Studios styling celebrities for more than a decade, but to Victoria he’s simply ‘Kenny’.
For more than a decade, Victoria has been pictured attending exclusive parties in LA with Ken and the third ‘bestie’ in their trio – the Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria.
It appears their close bond is as strong as ever as the Hollywood hairdresser has left his salon in Beverly Hills to join the Beckhams in Miami to party with the couple.