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Polly Hudson

Why Brooklyn Beckham is – bear with me – a brilliant role model

Brooklyn Peltz Beckham at the 2024 Met gala in New York.
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham at the 2024 Met gala in New York. Photograph: Cindy Ord/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Nepo babies provoke a unique brand of ire. Fittingly, they seem to bring out the toddler in many of us; a foot-stamping tantrum sense of but that’s not fair. These privileged golden children are born into guaranteed luxury and opportunity they haven’t worked for, and – we are convinced, despite never having met them – do not deserve.

Some nepo babies attract fury by lazing around on constant holidays, or securing starring roles far beyond their skill set, others because they indulge in wild-eyed, consequence-free party lifestyles. Brooklyn Beckham does it by making sandwiches.

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