Victoria Beckham honours Mel B with touching tribute despite missing Spice Girl’s wedding ceremony
Victoria Beckham has missed Mel B’s wedding ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral today, despite posting heartfelt tributes on social media to mark the occasion.
The fashion designer, 51, is currently abroad and unable to attend Scary Spice’s nuptials to Rory McPhee.
Victoria shared a black and white photograph on Instagram featuring all five Spice Girls, writing: “Congratulations @officalmelb @rorymcphee on your special day! I couldn’t be more excited for you both and wish you a lifetime of happiness! kisses xx”
She also posted another tribute describing McPhee as “a very lucky man”.
Sources close to the wedding confirmed that neither Victoria nor Geri Halliwell would be present at the ceremony.
One source explained: “Victoria has long standing plans out of the country and she simply can’t be there.
“She adores Mel, they get on really well despite their paths going in opposite directions. It’s a real shame.”
Geri’s absence follows longstanding tensions between the pair after Mel B revealed during a 2019 interview on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories that she had an intimate relationship with Geri when the band was starting out.
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The revelation deeply upset Geri, for which Mel has apparently never apologised, according to sources.
This marks the third marriage for Mel B, 50, who first wed Dutch backing dancer Jimmy Gulzar in 1998, wearing a Vegas showgirl-style feathered headdress with a white and gold dress.
She later married Stephen Belafonte in 2007, eloping to Las Vegas before holding a vow renewal in Egypt the following year.
Their marriage ended acrimoniously in 2016 when she accused him of emotional and physical abuse, allegations he has always denied.
Mel grew close to McPhee, a hairdresser, following her divorce, saying last year: “And as he was nurturing my curls back, I guess he was nurturing my trust and belief in a relationship.”
The bride is able to marry at St Paul’s Cathedral due to her OBE, which she received in 2022 for services to charitable causes and vulnerable women.
Mel B recently celebrated her upcoming nuptials with a hen party in Tunisia, where she was joined by her daughter Phoenix and 35 friends.
The sun-soaked festivities featured leopard-print bikinis, choreographed dance routines and a “Zen party”.
Activities included a leopard print themed night and belly dancing classes, with the group enjoying a lavish menu whilst dancing by the ocean.
Neither Victoria nor Geri attended Mel’s 50th birthday celebrations in Leeds in May, with only Emma Bunton and Mel C present.