There’s a saying that no mum of boys hopes is true.

“A son is a son ‘till he takes a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.”

It summarises a belief of some, that a married son’s primary loyalty shifts to his wife, while a daughter remains more connected to her parents.

It’s depressing and not true, was the view I chose to take – not least because I have three sons.

But after this week’s news, I won’t be alone in pondering the phrase.

I give you the Brooklyn Beckham news explosion about his social media posts exposing his truth behind the rift with parents David and Victoria.

Then there’s Prince Harry, who has a new life with his wife in America and little or no contact with his father and brother – after some very public claims against them.

And don’t forget Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, whose parents did not attend his wedding to Gordon Ramsay’s daughter Holly, amid rumours of a family feud.

Some time after Brooklyn married a billionaire’s daughter called Nicola Peltz, he became estranged from his parents.

His six pages of allegations have gripped the nation – or rather, a demographic of the nation that loves a five minute showbiz news scroll, perhaps to........

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