Mel C is reportedly set to marry model Chris Dingwall this weekend.
The Spice Girl, 52, had not announced she was engaged to the model, who is believed to be in his forties, but The Mirror are reporting they will marry at a ‘beautiful’ countryside setting in the UK.
Mel is the last of the Spice Girls to marry, and has invited all of her bandmates to the nuptials, according to the report. A reunion this weekend will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the girl group’s first hit Wannabe.
It’s thought that Victoria Beckham will miss the big day though as she is currently in the US for the World Cup.
Mel went public with Australian model and writer Chris in 2024 after months of speculation about their romance and after they matched on celebrity dating app Raya.
She was previously in a seven-year relationship with her former manager Joe Marshall, which ended in 2015. She is also mum to daughter Scarlett, 17, whose dad is her former partner, Thomas Starr.
Mel C is reportedly set to marry model Chris Dingwall this weekend. The Spice Girl, 52, had not announced she was engaged to the model, who is believed to be in his forties (pictured together in 2024)
She recently opened up about her future with Chris – and whether wedding bells could be in their plans, telling The Times in January:
‘It’s something I didn’t think would be part of my story, but I’m so happy with Chris. Maybe it is something that will be in my life.’
In May she explained how elements of her new album Sweat were inspired by her boyfriend, gushing:
‘Not long into making the record, I met somebody new, I fell in love, and so I ended up having this wonderful arc of emotions throughout the album – of heartbreak and then that excitement of a new relationship.’
She added to the Telegraph: ‘He’s very laid-back. He’s loads of fun…we work out together. We have very similar personalities and lifestyles.’
Mel had previously sworn off marriage but in a recent interview she admitted her deep loneliness during her Spice Girls years contributed to her battle with depression.
The singer wrote about her clinical depression diagnosis in her 2022 memoir, revealing how she hit rock bottom when the Spice Girls split in 2000 and her issues with binge drinking and binge eating intensified.
Mel has explained how her depression ‘was very environmental’ and stemmed in part from feeling ‘lonely’.
Mel went public with in Australian model and writer Chris in 2024 after months of speculation about their romance and after they matched on celebrity dating app Raya
At the height of the Spice Girls’ fame in the late nineties, most of Mel’s bandmates were settled in relationships. Victoria had married and welcomed her first child with David Beckham by 1999, Mel B married first husband Jimmy Gulzar in 1998 and also had her first child whilst Emma Bunton began her romance with her now-husband Jade Jones in 1999.
Geri Halliwell was meanwhile enjoying a string of high profile romances, leading Mel to admit she felt left behind.
Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast she said being single ‘has been quite a big theme of my adult life, really. It was a long time before I was in a long-term relationship.’
She insisted that she never dated a fan, explaining that the perception of sex and fame going hand in hand was wide of the mark: ‘It’s completely different. I mean, don’t get me wrong, other people had a better success rate than I did,’ the popstar explained.
‘You know, like historically with boy bands or rock bands, it’s like, “oh, you know, pick a member of the crowd… bring her back”. Our gigs weren’t like that.’
‘They were full of young girls and gays, which are the best audience. You just don’t get any action. But it was quite lonely for me at times.’
‘I think there was many times in the band when we were working together where I was the only one without a partner… I would have liked to have dated. I had a dry spell. That’s what we call it.’
Mel had previously sworn off marriage but in a recent interview she admitted her deep loneliness during her Spice Girls years contributed to her battle with depression
She added that her depression came from ‘the experiences that I’d had, and just getting to that point where I couldn’t continue living the way I was living.’
‘That was a really long road back to health, and I never really stopped. It was a different time as well because I probably would have benefited to go off and have some time to heal, but I was touring and promoting my solo stuff.’
Mel did have some high profile romances in the nineties, including a brief, month-long fling with Robbie Williams in 1997 at the height of their ’90s pop fame.
In her 2022 memoir, Mel writes about how she was left heartbroken by Robbie after he ‘behaved badly’ with her, claiming that the Take That star led her on and then ‘abruptly’ dropped her, which left her heartbroken.
‘It was a million years ago and lasted two seconds. Oh God, that sounds really bad. Oh, well,’ she told Louis Theroux.
Mel went on to have a four-month romance in 2000 with another boyband star – J Brown from 5ive, with the star admitting she is still friends with her ‘lovely’ ex.
‘I’ve not spoken to him for a while actually, but he’s an ex I’ve remained friends with. I don’t remain friends with many exes, but he’s a lovely boy,’ she said.
‘I saw Robbie recently. I mean, God, we were kids. Do you know what I mean? It’s like we’re talking like, twenty-odd years ago. Nearly thirty years ago. It’s a long time.’
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