Victoria Beckham celebrated her 49th birthday in style – with an expensive bottle of whiskey and a huge meringue.
The fashion designer shared a slew of snaps on Instagram on Monday, where she marked the big day with her husband David, 47, and their children, minus middle son Romeo, 20, who remained at the family home in London.
Posh Spice lived up to her name as she spent the lavish night eating and drinking at a fancy Miami restaurant.
Victoria splattered on an £800 bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 12 Year Old Special Reserve whiskey for them all to sample.
That was paired with a £490 bottle of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2006 for the table.
Lavish: Victoria Beckham celebrated her 49th birthday in style – with an expensive bottle of whiskey and a huge meringue
Ex-captain of England David, 47, posted online: ‘Yeah… and she eats cake.’
Victoria wrote in her caption, “Celebrating meeeeee!! last night.
‘I love you all so much!! We miss you @romeobeckham! Kisses @davidbeckham @brooklynpeltzbeckham @cruzbeckham #HarperSeven xx.’
While the ex-Spice Girl claimed the photos were taken ‘last night’, the entire clan wore the same outfits as their Easter ‘peace summit’.
Victoria and Nicola spent spring break at the £76 million Peltz family mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, where the Beckham brood stopped by for an Easter egg hunt.
It was said to be a “peace stop” for the families, who have been plagued by rumors of feuding since Nicola tied the knot with Brooklyn Beckham last year.
Despite posing for a family snap on Thursday, Victoria and her eldest son’s wife still seemed to keep a little distance from each other.
According to body language expert Judi James, the family photo shows no “signs of connection” between Victoria and Nicola – as the latter appears to be an outcast in the photo.
Brooklyn shared the family photo on his Instagram Stories, writing, “Love you guys so much” while tagging his relatives.
According to body language expert Judi James, the family’s positioning in the photo indicates that “there aren’t really definitive levels of bonding.”
After analyzing the photo, she told MailOnline, “If Brooklyn and Nicola are back in the bosom of the family, why are they separated, next to David and Victoria instead of together and between them? You would expect the parents to do the flanking, to show that Brooklyn and Nicola are loved as a couple in the heart of the family.’
Luxury: Posh Spice lived up to her name as she spent the lavish night enjoying food and drink at a fancy Miami restaurant
Adorable: “I love you,” Victoria wrote alongside a photo of her daughter Harper, 11, her eldest child Brooklyn, 24, and his wife Nicola, 28, at a swanky restaurant
Yum! The heiress and chef-to-be beamed as they posed at the table with the Wannabe hitmaker’s birthday cake
Noting that the inclusivity focuses on David, Victoria and Brooklyn, rather than the family as a whole, Judi acknowledges that the former football player has wrapped his arms around his son as a protective parent. While Victoria’s head and pelvis are also tilted towards the boys.
“Victoria has left an outstretched arm between her and Nicola, creating the effect of a barrier. Nicola seems to have placed her right arm behind Victoria’s back, but there is no mutual reaction from her mother-in-law,” Judi said.
She continues that it’s more of a celebration for Brooklyn than Nicola, adding, “It’s like Victoria is celebrating Brooklyn being back in the fold and Nicole kind of forgotten about.” However, there is a similar “echo” gesture from Brooklyn as he puts his left hand in his pocket instead of wrapping it around his father.
Nicola’s wide smile suggests she’s happy to give signals of family unity and her mirror rituals imply a desire to look like one of the family. Her left arm is placed around Harper’s shoulders in a gesture that mirrors David’s embrace of Victoria, and her leg position perfectly matches that of her mother-in-law.’
The Cold War began when Victoria and Nicola fell out over her wedding dress and the Transformers star accused her new mother-in-law of stealing the spotlight at her wedding.
The Beckhams refused to pay Brooklyn’s US green card, a source claims, and most recently the former Spice Girl snubbed her son and daughter-in-law before her new Paris Fashion Week show, another family insider says.
Shock: In a family photo, 18-year-old Cruz brutally grabbed his father’s crotch while cutting a trendy figure in a snazzy animal print shirt and blue baseball cap
What a pair! Brooklyn showed Cruz some brotherly love at the dinner table
At the center of attention: Victoria wrote in her caption, “Celebrate!! last night’
While the newlywed chef and Transformers actress are happy and crawling over each other, there were reportedly some issues between their two homes for a while.
A source who knows Nicola well said the drama started around her and Brooklyn’s Palm Beach, Florida, wedding — and only escalated.
As a famous designer, many in the fashion world assumed Victoria would design Nicola’s wedding dress. But instead, the bride appeared on the May cover of Vogue in Valentino couture.
Nicola later gave an interview insisting that withdrawing Victoria’s offer was not intended as a disrespect to her new mother-in-law.
“I planned and I really wanted to, and then a few months later, she realized her studio couldn’t do it, so I had to pick another dress,” she told Variety last month.
But an insider said Nicola “never” intended to wear Victoria Beckham to her wedding.
“She always just let her design something. But she would never care about that,” the source said. “She has too many really talented designer friends.
“It’s like having in-laws and they say they make the best meatballs, you hate meatballs, but you let them cook it anyway.” That’s exactly what happened.
“She would never, ever wear it.”
Top: Victoria and Nicola spent spring break at the £76 million Peltz family mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, with the Beckham brood dropping by for an Easter egg hunt
Re-established relationships: The family spent Easter weekend together in a weekend dubbed a “peace stop” (L-R: David, Brooklyn, Nicola, and Victoria)
Another source with knowledge of the clothing controversy was led to believe that Nicola actually considered wearing her mother-in-law’s design, but was abandoned at the ‘last minute’.
“Valentino was concerned that they wouldn’t have enough time to make the dress because Victoria told the Peltzes only at the last minute that her studio couldn’t make the dress for Nicola,” the second source said.
After the dress drama unfolded, Nicola took offense when David and Victoria’s close friend Marc Anthony gave a touching speech at her wedding — all about Victoria, according to an insider.
“It was just an ode to Victoria and how amazing she is. Nicola likes to be the center of attention, especially on her wedding day. So this really pissed her off,” the source said.
She stormed off at her wedding reception with [sister] Brittany and her mother, and she cried her eyes out.’
With the dust apparently settled on Sunday, Beckham’s daughter Harper gleefully ran around the grounds collecting chocolate treats, while the other members of the family enjoyed the sunshine and bonding with each other.
In the year since aspiring chef Brooklyn and his heiress wife’s lavish wedding, the family is plagued by rumors of a falling out between the latter and mother-in-law Victoria.
According to The Sun , they decided to throw a big family party to welcome Brooklyn and Nicola back from their trip to Tokyo for the holidays.
An insider told the publication, “The couple have spent the last few days in Tokyo, but wanted to gather both families in Palm Beach for a quiet Easter Sunday dinner to commemorate their first year as a married couple.”
Milestone: Over Easter, Brooklyn and Nicola celebrated a year of marriage while surrounded by their respective families
Victoria and David spent the past few weeks in the US with their two youngest children.
And with their eldest son so close by, the party seems to be working out perfectly for the clan.
They last came together in March for Victoria’s runway show during the city’s Fashion Week, which also coincided with Brooklyn’s birthday later that week.
The fashion designer celebrated as a family and was supported by her husband and children for the show. While enjoying a day out in the French capital for Brooklyn’s birthday celebrations.