Victoria Beckham is celebrating one of the Spice Girls with a 30-year throwback. The singer and fashion designer wished her former bandmate Melanie Chisholm, better known as Mel C or Sporty Spice, a happy birthday with a heartwarming photo of her with the Spice Girls ladies.
Victoria shared a sweet picture taken with Mel C – who just turned 52 – and their bandmates Melanie Brown and Emma Bunton to her Instagram Stories on 12 January. The fashion designer wrote “happy birthday” to Mel C and extended “kisses” to both Mel B and Emma. The photo was missing the fifth member of the Spice Girls, Geri Halliwell-Horner.
To round off the birthday wishes, Victoria took a trip down memory lane, posting a throwback clip from the group’s Say You’ll Be There music video, which came out in 1996. “Love you,” Victoria captioned the video with a white heart emoji.
© Instagram/ @victoriabeckhamSpice Girls wish Mel C a Happy Birthday
Mel C’s Spice Girls bandmates all publicly celebrated the star’s 52nd birthday with heartfelt social media messages.
Emma shared a carousel post of throwback photos and more recent pictures of her and Mel C together – including one of them dressed up as their Spice Girls personas, Sporty Spice and Baby Spice, at a costume party in 2013.
“Through every chapter, every laugh and every adventure, we’ve always had each other. So grateful for you today and always. Love you loads,” Emma gushed.
Mel B wrote a heartfelt message with photos of her and Mel C hugging and having a boogie on a dance floor. “Happy birthday my Melanie ! Love you sooooo much and I’m always soooo proud of you !!!! miss you I adore you can’t wait to see you …. NORTHENERS!!!” she wrote.
Geri gushed on Instagram that her bandmate was “an epic soul sister, a truly kind and loving person who I am glad to know.”
© Getty ImagesSpice Girls reunion
Mel C reunited with her former bandmate Mel B at the latter’s spectacular second wedding ceremony abroad in Morocco in August 2025, following her official ceremony the month before where she married Rory McPhee at St Paul’s Cathedral in London in July. Mel B’s second ceremony was a three-day affair shared exclusively with us.
During the night, Mel B and Mel C delivered an impromptu performance of the Spice Girls’ hit Holler. “It was great to have my fellow northerner Mel C there,” the bride told us exclusively.
“We had the best time together and totally forgot ourselves and went crazy when Holler came on. We’ve grown up together, all my family love her and to share that weekend with her and her lovely partner Chris was so special.”
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