Meanwhile, Geri - who tied the knot with F1 boss Christian Horner in 2015 and has six-year-old son Monty with him but also has Bluebell Madonna, 17, with Sacha Gervasi - made a shock exit from the band in 1998 and went on to enjoy a successful solo career with hits such as ‘Mi Chico Latino’ and ‘Look At Me’ but described her thirties as a “no man’s land” in terms of discovering her own identity before reassuring women that “getting older” is fine.
She said: “It felt like my clothes didn’t fit. [I was feeling] a pressure to tick boxes. I have a duty of care to share with younger women that getting older is OK. You get a different set of challenges and worries to face. But I definitely feel more content and confident in certain ways. By the end [of the decade], I was OK with being me.
“The brilliant thing was I was just, like: this is me. I’m not going to hold myself in a Hervé Léger dress. I was quite grumpy to Christian, actually, and my sillier self came out. I was just real. I feel incredibly grateful to be in a really loving relationship.”