Spare a thought for Brooklyn Beckham, who was so pleased a few weeks ago when he reached 1m followers on his Instagram account. His dad has just gone and stolen all his thunder; to celebrate his 40th birthday, David Beckham joined Instagram - but he got another, unexpected birthday present as his account became the fastest growing on the social media site, with 5.5m followers.
The first photo he took is below and unsurprisingly has already received nearly 900K likes.
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Since then, he's photographed the likes of Eva Longoria and the Spice Girls at his birthday party in Morocco….
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… the family's dog Coco
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And Harper practising her make-up techniques on him
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The footballer reached 1m in one day, faster than Emma Watson who was the previous record-breaker who managed 2m in two days.
Finally! David Beckham has got down with ze kids and joined Instagram.
His wife Victoria Beckham and his son Brooklyn Beckham are both obsessed with the photo sharing website, and they must have convinced David Beckham to try it out. We wonder what his favourite filter will be, or whether he'll be all #nofilter.
Want to see his first Insta pic? Here you go...
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He captioned the photo...
"Good morning and hello! It's great to finally be on Instagram, been a long time coming but I can't wait to start sharing all my special moments with you. Thank you for all your birthday messages so far. Looking forward to a great day with friends and family x"
Five hours later David Instagrammed this picture, and captioned it: "I feel very spoilt this morning! #DB40"
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Check him out with the hashtags! Next he'll be all #ootd #fbf and #tbt.
Minutes later, this picture...
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It's official: He's got the bug. Welcome David, and happy 40th birthday. Follow him here.
