Good news: the Spice Girls have REUNITED.
Sadly, they haven’t announced yet another blockbuster tour of the UK to perform their greatest hits, but they have come together for a good cause – to congratulate Baby Spice herself, Emma Bunton, after she secretly wed her partner of 20 years.
Emma married Jade Jones (of 90s boyband Damage fame) in a cloak-and-dagger ceremony ten years after they first got engaged, with the exciting news kept under wraps until she posted a loved-up snap from the big day with the caption, “Mr and Mrs Jones!”
Victoria Beckham, Mel B, Melanie C and Geri Horner (née Halliwell) all rushed to the comments section to shower their Spice sister with congratulations.
“Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈 love u both so much!! X,” wrote Posh, while Mel B commented, “Yipppeee 😘😍😍.”
Sporty Spice Melanie C added, “Yeahhhhhh! Congratulations 🥂 love you all sooooooo much 💗,” with Geri going one further and reposting the snap to her Instagram story alongside the caption, “Congratulations @emmaleebunton and @jadejonesdmg. So happy for you and your lovely family."
CHECK OUT 14 shocking Spice Girls facts
14 shocking Spice Girls facts (SLIDER)
1 of 14Victoria's the only member WITHOUT a solo number 1
Out of Your Mind - her collaboration with True Steppers and Dane Bowers - was pipped to the post by Spiller's Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) back in August 2000. Oh, how we miss those big chart battles.
2 of 14They were originally called Touch
When the girls first got together, they were called Touch. It wasn't until Geri thought to change their name to Spice that the band eventually agreed on Spice Girls.
3 of 14They didn't come up with their own nicknames
That was the idea of former Top of the Pops Magazine editor Peter Lorraine back in 1996. It just stuck.
4 of 14The Wannabe video was BANNED in some parts of Asia
This was due to Mel B's erect nipples.
5 of 14Geri MISSED the original audition
After getting sunburnt on a ski trip to Spain, she thought better than to turn up to the auditions with a red face. Thankfully then-manager Robert 'Bob' Herbert gave her a second chance when she called after the original search.
6 of 14Emma wasn't in the original line-up
Baby Spice was last to join the group after original member Michelle Stephenson quit the band in 1994. Victoria went on to claim Michelle 'just couldn't be arsed' to put in the same work as the rest of the girls.
7 of 14They're Simon Cowell's 'biggest regret'
Speaking to Jay Leno in 2013, Simon said: "Spice Girls is probably my biggest mistake," before explaining "I offered them a deal, but they didn't want to sign to me, so that kind of hurt at the time."Victoria doesn't agree with Simon's account, though. Claiming he passed up on their offer on Idol in 2009, she said: "He is the only man in the music industry who turned down the Spice Girls – and said we would never work. I like that fact."
8 of 14Geri's Union Jack dress made a FORTUNE
The infamous dress Ginger wore to perform Wannabe/Who Do You Think You Are? at the 1997 BRIT Awards was sold at auction in 1998 for $68,000 (£41,320) at a Hard Rock Cafe auction. It's since been spotted on display at a casino in the US.
9 of 14Speaking of the Union Jack dress...
It was actually made of a 'boring' black Gucci dress - the outfit Geri was originally supposed to wear - and a Union Jack tea towel.Explaining how the look came about, Ginger's former stylist Emma Poole told The Telegraph: "Two nights before, Geri said, 'You know what, Emma? I'm not really comfortable with the dress I'm wearing, I've got a much better idea. I'm going around to my sister's, she's got these great Union Jack tea-towels. I'm going to make a dress.'"
10 of 14Wannabe almost wasn't their debut single
The girls have explained they had to fight for the pop classic to be their first single, while the record label reportedly wanted Love Thing. IMAGINE.
11 of 14Geri WROTE Goodbye
Sort of. Although the girls' third Christmas number 1 is thought to be written about Geri's departure, she was actually involved in the early stages of the track when it was intended to be included on the Spiceworld album. Mel C explains in the girls' autobiography Forever Spice: "Goodbye was originally about a relationship ending, but now it's about Geri and it's really sad."Ginger isn't credited as a writer for the released version of the track.
12 of 14They were Nelson Mandela's 'heroes'
His words!
13 of 14The Viva Forever video is DEEP
As the girls were too busy touring to film a video for Viva Forever - their last single featuring Geri - they turned to Aardman Animations for the treatment.In an interview with Crack magazine, director Steve Box explained that the video's about loss of youth. He said: "It's like the sadness of the song is leaving your childhood behind. "Pop music is all about sex and love, so becoming interested in that, you suddenly put the toys away, you start to grow up in a different way."
14 of 14And the Spice Up Your Life video's pretty dark
An unreleased alternative ending to the video shows an erotic dancer in front of a 'SEXXXY SPICE GIRLS' sign, somebody seemingly choking and what appears to be a stack of dead bodies. YouTube it. It's SO WEIRD.
Emma and Jade first began dating in 1998 but split a year later. They rekindled their relationship in 2000 before splitting again in 2002. They reunited in 2004 and this time it was for good, as Emma announced she was expecting their first child Beau, now 13, three years later.
The couple welcomed another son Tate, now ten, in 2011, just three months after announcing they were engaged.
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Although she had previously insisted they “don't need a wedding to justify our relationship”, Emma later did a U-turn on marriage.
She said, “It would be nice, wouldn’t it? I should get round to it. He already calls me his wife and I call him my husband.
“We’re both Aquarians and a little disorganised, so we never get round to organise anything!
“I’m sure we’ll be one of those couples that elope somewhere.”
The singer also recently revealed that she wouldn’t rule out having more children, as she added, “I think if I’m lucky enough that would be something wonderful.”