Victoria Beckham finally treats herself to a REAL birthday cake (rather than her usual watermelon) – while eldest son Brooklyn ‘snubs’ her 51st as he parties at Coachella

Victoria Beckham finally treated herself to a real birthday cake as she celebrated her 51st birthday on Thursday, while her eldest son Brooklyn partied at Coachella.

The former Spice Girl took to Instagram on Friday to share a gallery of birthday snaps with her loved ones as she posed on a boat holding an aptly-named Victoria sponge cake.

The star, who is known for her strict diet and exercise regime, was known in the past to only allow herself a watermelon cake on her birthday.

Photographs from Victoria’s 44th birthday showed her cake was made up entirely of watermelon decorated with just strawberries and blueberries.

Fans at the time were less than impressed as they wrote: ‘Nah, sorry but it’s your Birthday, let your hair down and your waistline out a little. YOLO. Saddest looking Birthday cake ever!!”

However, the star appeared to have indulged this year as she proudly held up a real birthday cake while celebrating with her husband David, son Romeo and daughter Harper.

Yet as the family united, the couple’s eldest son Brooklyn, 26, and his wife Nicola, 30, were notably absent as they were instead at Coachella.

Brooklyn instead took to Instagram on Friday to share snaps of himself and Nicola at the music festival as he made no mention of Victoria’s birthday.

Posing with Nicola, the pair looked to be having an incredible time at the festival as they packed on the PDA and danced with their friends.

Brooklyn captioned the snaps: ‘Made amazing memories this year x #supergooppartner.’

However, one fan even commented: ‘How about a happy birthday to your mom?’

While the rest of her family posted their birthday tributes, the Daily Mail reported that Brooklyn failed to wish his mother a happy birthday on social media.

And there was nothing from his wife Nicola either – despite her also sharing snaps from her weekend at Coachella.

Their social media silence comes after Victoria and David appeared to publicly blank Brooklyn and Nicola’s third wedding anniversary last week.