Seems to me pretty clear what's going on with the Beckham kid. One - the gossip rags have run out of spiteful fodder on Meghan Markle that isn't a repetition of years-old news, so they've homed in on the nearest moving target. Two - better still, once again a woman can be blamed for something, and here we have yet another evil DiL who has 'isolated' her DH, preventing the poor, unwilling sap by force from having any contact with his previously loving family. One party (the man's family) is entirely innocent bar the MiL sometimes getting ideas 'above' her station: the other side are the devil incarnate.
It's a story as old as time, borne of exactly the same old misogyny. In reality no one has the smallest clue why, or if, these uninspiring, wealthy people are not in contact with his family.
This thread is currently trending on MN, so clearly it isn't only of interest to the usual spiteful tabloid mud-rakers. But the old tale of blame the woman for every perceived discord in any family unit is a strong schtick, even on a supposed women's support site.