Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding signals a return to pre-pandemic luxury – but at what cost?

With a £3m budget and the bride in Valentino, this wedding could be the final marker of our new normal, writes Laura Hampson

Brooklyn and billionaire heiress Nicola Peltz (Getty)

When the Covid-19 pandemic reached British shores just over two years ago, the wedding industry was one of the first – and ultimately one of the hardest – industries to be hit.

Weddings were postponed, then cancelled, then rescheduled for two years in the future. A wedding I’m going to this weekend was originally scheduled for October 2020 and they’re just now saying their vows, 18 months on.

Brooklyn Beckham, the eldest child of a Spice Girl and a footballer, was one of those who was forced to delay their nuptials.