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Mel B is sharing an inside look at her and Rory McPhee’s wedding!
The Spice Girl, 50, shared an Instagram video showing her and her husband getting ready in their respective hotel rooms in the hours before their nuptials at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday, July 5.
The video showed the singer getting her makeup and hair done by several specialists as she relaxed in a chair and chatted with her bridal party. Other clips showed her cooling down with a fan and dancing as she was helped into her gown for the big event.
According to Hello! Magazine, she wore a gown from London-based shop Evelie Bridal, which had a strapless corset and a sheer illusion jacket embellished with pearls. She paired the dress with a cathedral veil and wore her hair up with natural curls framing her face.
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Wedding dress designer Josephine Scott told the outlet that the gown was made to capture the singer’s “fearless spirit and softness all in one look.”
She explained, “She’s iconic, powerful and radiant — and this dress had to be worthy of that. Every detail was chosen to honor her strength and sensuality, while celebrating the woman and the love story beneath the girl power.”
Mel B’s Instagram video also showed some clips of the wedding rings and her groom, McPhee, as he put on his suit for the big day, which featured a black bow tie on the top with a black jacket and a red patterned kilt on the bottom to honor his Scottish heritage.
After the couple tied the knot, they headed for a meal, drinks and dancing at the 5-star Shangri-La Hotel inside The Shard, a 95-story skyscraper in London, England, which was redecorated with fairy lights and florals. As the newlyweds’ guests entered the space, the Spice Girls’ hit song “Wannabe” blared over the speakers, per Hello!.
The world-class Shangri-La Hotel occupies 18 floors of The Shard, levels 34 to 52. Celebrity guests, among whom was “Baby Spice” Emma Bunton, mingled while enjoying panoramic skyline views overlooking the whole city and River Thames.
As for the bride, she put on a cardigan with embellished sequins that read: “Just married” over her dress as she took part in the wedding reception festivities, which included a bouquet toss and cake cutting of their Victoria sponge wedding cake decorated with leopard print icing — alluding to her scary spice moniker, according to the outlet.
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Mel B previously swore she’d never wed again after her two previous marriages. She was married to her first husband, Jimmy Gulzar, from 1998 to 2000, and her second husband, Stephen Belafonte, from 2007 to 2017.
McPhee helped the Spice Girls singer believe in love again, she told PEOPLE in March 2024.
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“I was like, ‘I’m never going to get married again. Never, never, never. I’m never having a relationship. I’m fine by myself. I want to raise my kids, put my head down and work, and that’s it,’ ” Mel B said. “And then… never can say never, can you?”
The star has three daughters: Phoenix, 26, whom she shares with ex-husband Gulzar; Madison, 13, with ex-husband Belafonte, and Angel Iris, 18, with ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy. All three of her daughters were in attendance on her big day.
“I believe in love, and clearly the other two marriages turned out to be not love, from their angle,” Mel B continued. “So I feel like I’ve really missed out, and now I’ve got this opportunity to be properly in love with a really good guy who I know loves me for me, who’s known me before I was a Spice Girl, why wouldn’t I do that?”
