The Beckhams vs. the Sussexes Round 2: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Face Crushing Blow in Bitter Feud With Superstar Ex-Friends

A new rift in the long-running feud between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and David and Victoria Beckham has emerged. Neither last year's Harry & Meghan nor this cycle's Heart of Invictus on Netflix scored any Primetime Emmy nominations, with Beckham on the same network receiving five nods this year.

It seems that the battle of the Netflix documentaries marks the second round of the Sussex/Beckham saga.

The nominations for TV's biggest night were revealed on Wednesday, July 17, and hopes were reportedly high with Team Sussex that Heart of Invictus would pull through with several nods in the nonfiction categories. Their self-titled blockbuster series the year before received zero mentions from the Academy, which allegedly "devastated" the Duchess of Sussex.

The follow-up program about Harry's Invictus Games failed to hit No. 1 in the streamer's rankings and struggled to even maintain status within the top ten after its August 30, 2023, release.

Beckham became a hit for the streaming giant when it dropped on October 4, of last year. But with both couples having a hit documentary on Netflix between them, it is clear who the Television Academy thinks has the talent.

"Making this series was such a personal journey, a love letter to football and my family," David told an outlet. "It has been overwhelming for me and Victoria that we have had such a warm and positive response to the series."

This round in the epic rift follows recent reports reflecting just how David sought vengeance against Harry for a 2018 snub allegedly instigated by Meghan.

"Beckham found himself alone at the Invictus Games stadium," author Tom Bower penned in his book House of Beckham. "Arriving on the agreed day to meet Prince Harry he was perplexed why officials were playing a dance to keep him happy, but away from Harry. Photographs of the two together were forbidden. The royal snub was brutal. David Beckham was puzzled. Why did the prince refuse to meet him?"

After becoming good friends during and after the May 2018 marriage between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the Beckham/Sussex relationship abruptly unraveled soon after.

Prince Harry and Meghan allegedly believed that the Beckhams were leaking personal information about them to the press. These suspicions reportedly led to a confrontation between Harry and David. The sports icon was said to be "absolutely b----- furious" about the accusations and felt hurt by the lack of trust from the Sussexes. He reportedly insisted that neither he nor Victoria would ever betray their friends in such a manner.

The story has been widely covered in the media, with various sources offering differing perspectives on the validity of the claims. Some reports suggest that the feud might be overblown, while others emphasize the serious nature of the alleged fallout, which just got one degree hotter thanks to this year's Emmy nods.

GBN reported on the Beckhams' Emmy nods.