Victoria Beckham gave birth to a baby girl on 10 July

, the fourth child in the Beckham brood.Proud dad David announced the arrival, and the unusual choice of name, in a message on Facebook: "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."Her middle name is reference to Becks’ old Man U and England jerseys, before he had to give up ‘7’ when he went to Real Madrid.The couple had made no secret of their desire to have a girl after three boys – Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, six – and last week Becks spoke about the anticipation of having his first daughter. “The room is ready and her clothes are hung up. The boys are so excited about it as well so it's an exciting time for us... She's obviously going to have three boys to look after her so she's going to be well protected.”In related news, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has become a father for the first time after his Hollywood actress girlfriend Kate Hudson gave birth to a boy on 9 July. Kate already has a son, seven-year-old Ryder, with The Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson.

Proud dad David announced the arrival, and the unusual choice of name, in a message on Facebook: "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."

Her middle name is reference to Becks’ old Man U and England jerseys, before he had to give up ‘7’ when he went to Real Madrid.

The couple had made no secret of their desire to have a girl after three boys – Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, six – and last week Becks spoke about the anticipation of having his first daughter. “The room is ready and her clothes are hung up. The boys are so excited about it as well so it's an exciting time for us... She's obviously going to have three boys to look after her so she's going to be well protected.”

In related news, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has become a father for the first time after his Hollywood actress girlfriend Kate Hudson gave birth to a boy on 9 July. Kate already has a son, seven-year-old Ryder, with The Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson.