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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Wimbledon 2019: Geri Horner and Phoebe Waller-Bridge watch from the Royal Box

Pop star and Spice Girl, Geri Horner smiles after taking her seat in the Royal Box on Centre Court (Picture: AP)

Geri Horner and Phoebe Waller Bridge led the high profile figures who arrived at the All England Club to watch day five of Wimbledon.

Waller-Bridge donned an elegant white floral dress to watch matches from the Royal Box on Centre Court.

She was joined by Spice Girl Geri Horner, who stunned in a white midi dress and chic red locks alongside her husband Christian.

Day five of the Grand Slam will see Andy Murray’s comeback in the mixed double’s with tennis icon Serena Williams.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge arrives on day five of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis (PA)

Rising star Coco Gauff, 15, who made headlines when she beat five-time champion Venus Williams in the first round, will play on Centre Court against Polona Herog of Slovenia.

Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic will also face off Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in the third round.

Pop star and Spice Girl, Geri Horner and her husband Christian take their seats in the Royal Box on Centre Court (AP)

In the women’s single, two former world number ones, Romanian Simona Halep and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka will compete for a spot in the next round.

The annual Wimbledon Championships are just getting started but a flood of A-listers have already flocked to SW19 to watch some of the best tennis players in the world.

The Duchess of Cambridge arrived in a chic white dress by Suzannah and a wicker Alexander McQueen bag as she watched Roger Federer play South African Lloyd Harris on centre court in the first round.

Her mother Carole Middleton attended a day later whilst actress Joely Richardson, model Hana Cross and TV personality Mary Berry have joined the star-studded arrivals.

The Duchess of Sussex also lent support to her close friend Serena Williams as she watched her play on Thursday.

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