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Bluebell's big day gets a sprinkle of Spice
Last updated at 20:22pm on 23.04.07The Spice Girls have reunited for a one-off event - the christening of Geri Halliwell's daughter Bluebell.
Four of the band's former line-up made it including the former Posh Spice Victoria Beckham who is thought to have been made a godmother for helping Miss Halliwell, 34, through her pregnancy.
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Together again: Four-out-of-five of the Spice Girls (Emma, Mel C, Geri and Victoria) attended Bluebell Madonna's Christening. The only member not there was Mel B
Proud mum Geri with Bluebell
Bluebell with her Posh fairy Godmother
Baby Spice Emma Bunton, who is expecting her first child, and Melanie Chisholm - the former Sporty Spice - were also among the 100 guests.
The group's fifth member, Scary Spice Melanie Brown, who lives with her family in the U.S., was the sole absentee.
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The Godmother gives a wave
Miss Halliwell - Ginger Spice - showed off Bluebell to wellwishers, posing with the flowers her 11-monthold daughter is named after.
Black limousines ferried VIP guests from St Michael's church in Highgate, North London, to an after-service party at Miss Halliwell's nearby home.
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Lady Isabella Hervey, who attended the ceremony along with Little Britain star David Walliams, said: "It was a lovely service. Geri looked stunning. It was good to see so many of the Spice Girls back together and getting on so well."
There was no sign of Bluebell's father, Sacha Gervasi. Miss Halliwell became pregnant after a brief relationship with the 40-year-old scriptwriter in Los Angeles and relations between the two are said to be fraught.
The new mother looked absolutely radiant at the christening
Reader views (6)
What people are struggling to understand is, that this wasn't so much a christening, as a photo-opportunity!
Only poor little "Bluebell" thought otherwise!
- Steve R, London, UK
Correct me if I am wrong Henrietta but Joseph was not Jesus' father yet he was still baptised!
- G Bean, London
Henrietta - I think you need to get out more and get a life! It's 2007, not 1807!
- Stephen Donovan, London, UK
I think Geri's dress is a tad inappropriate for a Christening! I don't think everyone needs to see that much cleavage at a church ceremony.
- Victoria, Edinburgh
Can someone explain how a church can agree to christen a child who was not only born out of wedlock but whose father has been shoved unceremoniously out of the picture?
While I'm at it, maybe someone can tell me why these single mums think their kids don't need a father either.
- Henrietta Lewis, London
Geri now has a beautiful figure. To those women who see 'size 0' as the goal to looking beautiful need to get a reality check and compare the stick-thin look to the reality of a beautiful, curvaceous body. Size 0 may be all the rage for the catwalk but in the 'real world' Geri's figure is far more desirable. She looks much better now that in the old days when she herself was stick-thin. She's gone for balance in her body shape and she looks gorgeous. Women, take note!
- Paul Wilson, London, UK
