{"id":702792,"date":"2026-07-21T04:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702792\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:47:13","slug":"melanie-c-is-married-and-the-bride-wore-victoria-beckham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702792\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie C Is Married! And The Bride Wore Victoria Beckham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melanie Chisholm did not grow up fantasizing about her wedding<\/a> day. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she says, subtly sunkissed chestnut waves swishing as she shakes her head for emphasis. \u201cI love weddings,\u201d she reassures me, \u201cwhen I go to other people\u2019s I always have good craic.\u00a0But I wasn\u2019t a girl who grew up dreaming about her dress. I was always just focused on my career\u2014I think even relationships took a backseat for me because I\u2019ve been so driven to do what I love, which is performing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It hardly needs saying that her single-mindedness paid off. As the high-kicking, high-ponytailed, permanently tracksuit-clad Sporty Spice, Mel C was one fifth of the biggest girl group of all time. Just 20 years old when the Spice Girls<\/a> formed in 1994, the aspiring pop star\u2019s wildest dreams were realized overnight when their song \u201cWannabe\u201d was released two years later, and promptly became a global phenomenon. Some 30 years on, the band\u2019s run of UK number one hits is still unmatched.<\/p>\n

Melanie has enjoyed plenty of post-Spice solo success in the intervening years, too, and she\u2019s still making music at 52 (her ninth album, the dance-infused Sweat, was released in May). She\u2019s also mom to a teenage daughter, Scarlet, with a former partner. But as for walking down the aisle? \u201cI\u2019d gotten to the point in my life where I just didn\u2019t think it was going to be a part of my story,\u201d she says now. Then, along came Chris Dingwall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spark was immediate,\u201d confirms Melanie, who first connected with the Australian model and producer on Raya. \u201cI was 49 when I met Chris and I was in a really good place. We had a date in Australia, and it\u2019s been difficult to separate us ever since.\u201d Chris has a \u201cvery calming energy\u201d, the singer says. \u201cHe\u2019s been such a beautiful addition to mine and my daughter\u2019s life. Because, you know, I\u2019m a single mom. My daughter is 17, and we\u2019re pretty resilient the two of us, we\u2019re a team. For anybody coming into our world\u2026 it was going to be tough, and he just fits perfectly. It\u2019s a beautiful dynamic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite having found her happily ever after, the idea of marriage still hadn\u2019t occurred to Melanie. But it had definitely occurred to Chris, who surprised his partner by popping the question during a holiday in Mallorca<\/a> last July. \u201cWe were staying in a beautiful hotel and we\u2019d had the tasting menu, with the wine pairing, so this meal was taking forever,\u201d Melanie remembers. \u201cEven the staff were like, \u2018You\u2019re nearly there!\u2019\u201d Afterwards, the couple headed back to their suite \u201ca bit drunk and a bit full,\u201d where Melanie found the room had been filled with candles. \u201cIt was beautiful, just the two of us,\u201d she says, beaming happily. \u201cHe couldn\u2019t believe I was surprised, but I was floored.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple set about planning a relaxed summer celebration at a friend\u2019s lakeside property<\/a> in Cumbria, preceded by a legal ceremony in the groom\u2019s native Australia, and though Melanie \u201cdidn\u2019t feel like a big traditional wedding was right for me\u201d, she did end up observing certain bridal customs. Her \u201csomething borrowed\u201d for the Sydney ceremony, for example, came from the wardrobe of none other than her friend and fellow Spice Girl, fashion designer Victoria Beckham<\/a>.<\/p>\n