Mel B Reveals Why She Didn't 'Expect' Spice Girls Pals Emma Bunton and Mel C to Attend Her Wedding

Melanie "Mel B" Brown revealed she didn't "expect" her erstwhile Spice Girls bandmates to beryllium astatine her wedding to hairsbreadth stylist Rory McPhee.

In an question and reply pinch the New York Post, Mel B, 50, shared that her caller hubby was successful complaint of nan impermanent list. “I didn’t expect immoderate of them to come, to beryllium honest, because it was a very intimate, backstage thing, and I cognize everybody’s busy,” Mel B told nan outlet.

She confessed she didn't cognize "Baby Spice" Emma Bunton and "Sporty Spice" Melanie "Mel C" Chisholm were attending nan wedding until she saw them astatine nan ceremony.

Bunton attended nan couple's first ceremonial connected July 5, wherever Mel B and McPhee said their "I dos" wrong The Crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral. A star-studded reception astatine the Shangri-La Hotel inside The Shard in London, England, followed their nuptials.

Mel C later attended nan couple's 2nd ceremony, held astatine Selman Marrakech successful Morocco connected Aug. 3. While Victoria Beckham, aka "Posh Spice," was incapable to be because she "was busy," Mel B shared that "she sent maine tons of gifts."

Meanwhile, Mel B said "Ginger Spice” Geri Halliwell-Horner was “off pinch Formula 1.”

Following nan Moroccan ceremony, Mel C, 51, commented connected Mel B and McPhee's photo, writing, "What a weekend! So happy we sewage to stock it pinch you."

For their first ceremony, McPhee, 37, wore a kilt successful McPhee tartan successful grant of his Scottish roots, while Mel B wore an ivory civilization wedding dress from Josephine Scott. The strapless corset gown had a sheer illusion overgarment embellished pinch pearls, and was paired pinch a cathedral veil.

Caroline Black, nan proprietor of Evelie Bridal Boutiques successful London, helped nan musician find her cleanable dress.

"Mel was a dream to activity with, bringing her ain consciousness of style to nan occasion," she told PEOPLE successful July.

For nan ceremonial successful Morocco, Mel B wore a a reddish gown while McPhee opted for a classical achromatic and achromatic tuxedo.

McPhee projected to Mel B in 2022 while they were connected a getaway successful Berkshire, aft nan brace had been making love for 3 years.

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Mel B antecedently swore she'd ne'er wed again pursuing her 2 divorces. She was antecedently joined to Jimmy Gulzar and Stephen Belafonte. But gathering McPhee changed her plans.

“I was like, ‘I'm ne'er going to get joined again. Never, never, never. I'm ne'er having a relationship. I'm good by myself. I want to raise my kids, put my caput down and work, and that's it. And then… ne'er tin opportunity never, tin you?” Mel B, who shares girl Phoenix, 26, pinch Gulzar, girl Madison, 13, pinch Belafonte, and girl Angel, 18, pinch ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy — told PEOPLE in March 2024.

She continued astatine nan time, “I judge successful love, and intelligibly nan different 2 marriages turned retired to beryllium not love, from their angle. So I consciousness for illustration I've really missed out, and now I've sewage this opportunity to beryllium decently successful emotion pinch a really bully feline who I cognize loves maine for me, who's known maine earlier I was a Spice Girl, why wouldn't I do that?”