Geri Horner Pays Tribute To George Michael With Baby Name Choice

23 January 2017, 10:16 | Updated: 2 November 2017, 15:29

The former Spice Girl was a very close friend of the late music star.

Geri Horner welcomed her second child into the world over the weekend, and chose to pay tribute to late pal George Michael with the name choice.

The 44-year-old and her husband, Christian named their baby boy, Montague George Hector Horner, choosing the middle name in memory of the star who passed away on Christmas Day.

 

Montague George Hector Horner arrived this morning, a beautiful little brother for Bluebell and Olivia #amazing-day #grateful #monty

A photo posted by Geri Horner (@therealgerihalliwell) onJan 21, 2017 at 7:15am PST

The newborn will share a birthday with Geri's former band mate, Emma Bunton who congratulated her pal on Twitter with the hashtag 'birthdaytwins'.

Amazing news, so happy! #birthdaytwins #birthdaymade love you all. Xxx https://t.co/zFITnTF0Zm

— Emma Bunton (@EmmaBunton) January 21, 2017

This is Geri's first child with her husband, Christian. She already has 10-year-old daughter, Bluebell from a former relationship with screenwriter, Sacha Gervasi.

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