Posh and Becks name daughter Harper Seven

Posh and Becks name daughter Harper Seven
Posh and Becks name daughter Harper Seven (Image credit: PA Photos)

Victoria Beckham has given birth to a baby girl - the first daughter for the former Spice Girl and her husband David. The baby, named Harper Seven, was delivered on Sunday at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. In a statement on his Facebook page, England footballer David said: "I am so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter Harper Seven Beckham. "She weighed a healthy 7lbs 10oz and arrived at 7.55 this morning, here in LA. Victoria is doing really well and her brothers are delighted to have a baby sister xx." The Beckhams, who married in 1999, already have three boys - Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, five. On Sunday, their spokesman Simon Oliveira announced the happy news on Twitter, writing: "David & Victoria Beckham are delighted to announce the birth of their daughter. Happy and healthy she arrived at 7.55am this morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and weighed 7lbs 10oz." In another posting, he added: "Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz are excited to welcome their new baby sister to the family." Friends of the couple were quick to send their congratulations. A delighted Mel B, who is expecting her third child later this year, expressed her excitement on Twitter, writing: "congrats!!! Yipeee another spice baby is born, damn it wish it was me this AM cos I feel like I'm about to POP!" Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton also tweeted: "Big kiss to @victoriabeckham can't wait to meet your gorgeous little girl!"

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.