Mel B ties the knot.. AGAIN! Spice Girl reveals she's celebrated her marriage to husband Rory McPhee with a spiritual ceremony in Morocco
The couple, who first tied the knot in London last month, took to Instagram on Sunday to share a glimpse of their latest nuptials.
She captioned her post: 'We got married!!! Again! A wedding so good we keep the celebration going with our closest and dearest in our fav place at @selmanmarrakech ❤️❤️❤️ we had the time of our lives!!'
Scary Spice, 50, walked down the aisle for a third time last month when she tied the knot with hairdresser Rory McPhee, 37, at St Paul's Cathedral.
Despite the wild antics of her younger days, the wedding was a rather a low-key affair, with guests said to have headed home at 7pm.
After the lavish ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral, including a horse and carriage, she took pals and family to a bar at The Shard skyscraper for a bash which many expected to rage well into the early hours.
The wedding party arrived at the reception at 4.30pm, however most of Mel's guests had headed for home by 7pm, with many having already changed into casual clothing following just over two hours of socialising.
Among the celebs on the guest list for the star-studded wedding were Mel B's fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton and comedians Alan Carr, Katherine Ryan and Tom Allen.
And her beloved Yorkshire Terrier pup Cookie served a very important role at the nuptials as the ring bearer.
After the ceremony, guests jumped onto a boozy party bus to take them to the lavish Shangri-La hotel at The Shard.
Emma was the only Spice Girl to make an appearance and while Victoria Beckham and Mel C were quick to offer up their apologies - paying tribute to Mel on social media - Geri Halliwell-Horner has remained tight-lipped on the matter amid reports differences between the pair.
It was thought the Spice Girls could be set for a reunion at the Moroccan celebrations, with Geri given the chance to extend an olive branch to Mel if she attends the North African ceremony.
Morocco hold significance for the girl band after they jetted there for a mini reunion a decade ago to celebrate David Beckham 's 40th birthday.
However ironically Mel B was the only member not in attendance as instead, Eva Longoria filled in for Scary - joking 'I'm the new Spice Girl! #LatinaSpice'.
Mel B told The Sun of her plans for a second wedding to Rory later this summer and said she'd already splashed out on a gown to wear.
'In one incredible afternoon I found two perfect dresses. One beautiful classic dress by Josephine Scott, a British designer, and one stunning dramatic dress by a US designer, Justin Alexander'.
Despite her absence, Posh, 51, also took to Instagram to pay tribute - sharing a sweet black and white throwback of herself and the bride with bandmates Geri, Mel C and Emma
Guests including Alan Carr and Leigh Francis were quick to offer their congratulations, while fellow bandmate Geri remained silent.
The pair have a tempestuous relationship and at times have struggled to be in the same room without there being animosity.
Geri continued to snub Mel B on Sunday after her lavish wedding weekend - while the likes of Heidi Klum, Paloma Faith and Kerry Katona led the stars sending the Spice Girl congratulatory messages following the ceremony.
However other Spice Girl Victoria was quick to comment under Mel's post saying: 'Congratulations!!!!! We hope you had an amazing day!!!! X kisses xxxxxxxxc.'
Heidi Klum added: 'CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. WISHING YOU LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE FOREVER.'
Paloma Faith then added: 'Congrats my angel you deserve the world.'
Alice Evans said: 'You deserve this! I'm so happy for you!'. Alexandra Burke posted simply saying: 'Congrats!'
Katie Piper added: 'Congratulations you deserve so much love and happiness
Robbie Williams' wife Ayda Field said under the post: 'Congratulations !'.
Mel C also shared a sweet snap of Mel B and her new husband as they celebrated their wedding day on Saturday.
Sporty Spice was notably absent as her Spice Girl bandmate said 'I do' to her fiancé Rory in London in front of a string of very A-list guests.
Mel was unable to attend no doubt due to scheduling conflicts, as she was performing in Sweden, but still wanted to share her excitement and happiness for the pair and took to her Instagram to share a photograph of the newlyweds.
Admitting that she was 'gutted' not to be there, she made reference to the fact they would all see each other and meet up in the not too distant future.
Posting some sweet words online, she gushed in the caption: 'So so happy for you both and beyond gutted I couldn't be there. Excited to celebrate with you really soon! Yippee!'
Victoria also missed the ceremony but did share a sweet black and white throwback of herself and the bride with bandmates Geri, Mel and Emma to her Instagram.
Posh, 51, captioned the snap: 'Congratulations @officalmelb @rorymcphee on your special day! I couldn't be more excited for you both and wish you a lifetime of happiness! kisses xx'
Hours earlier, Victoria had also posted another tribute to the couple on Friday with a photograph of herself and Mel looking glamorous together at a recent event.
She gushed in a caption: 'Sending love to you @officialmelb! @rorymcphee is a very lucky man! xx'
Ahead of the wedding, sources told the Mail that there was no bad blood between Victoria and Mel but was simply a scheduling conflict.
They said: 'Victoria has long standing plans out of the country and she simply can't be there. She adores Mel, they get on really well despite their paths going in opposite directions. It's a real shame.
'There is no issue between them, they haven't fallen out. It's just one of those things.'
Geri was taken aback after Mel B revealed that they had had an intimate relationship when the band was starting out while she was being interviewed for Piers Morgan's Life Stories programme.
Geri was said to have been deeply upset by the bombshell revelation in 2019, for which Mel has apparently never apologised.
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