Mel B reportedly engaged.
The Spice Girl, 47, is said to be engaged to her boyfriend of three years, Rory McPhee, after he popped the question on Wednesday with a £100,000 diamond ring.
It has been claimed that the Leeds-born hairdresser got down on one knee to propose to Scary Spice at the luxury country hotel Cliveden House in Berkshire.
Congratulations! Mel B is reportedly engaged! The Spice Girl, 47, is said to be engaged to her boyfriend of three years, Rory McPhee, after he popped the question on Wednesday.
In accordance with The sunMel B was “overwhelmed” as Leeds-born hairdresser Rory got down on one knee and burst into tears of joy.
The paper reports that he then handed over a ring worth £100,000, consisting of pear-shaped champagne diamond on a rose gold band.
One insider told the publication that Mel immediately said yes, adding: “But it was incredibly emotional because after everything she’s been through, it was a really big moment for her.”
Another A source revealed how Mel is ‘so happy’ with the engagement, adding: ‘It took a long time for the man to get her to trust him and believe in love again.
God! The Leeds-born hairdresser reportedly got down on one knee to propose to Scary Spice with a £100,000 diamond ring at Cliveden House, a luxury country hotel in Berkshire
“He’s the complete opposite of a lot of the guys she’s been in relationships with,” she says, explaining how he showed her that men can be “caring, trustworthy and reliable.”
“He really took the time to understand what she was going through. He is madly in love with her.”
An insider described Mel’s fiance as a “normal, down-to-earth guy with good morals” and insisted he has no interest in fame.
They also revealed that the pair have known each other for years, they are both from Leeds, and Rory is best friends with Mel’s cousin, Christian Cooke.
Close: The pair are believed to have been dating since 2018 when they met through friends in Los Angeles, but things turned serious the following year when Mel returned to the UK for a Spice Girls reunion (Pictured with her closest friends and Mel’s family in June 2019)
The outlet reports that Mel’s eldest daughter, Phoenix, 23, was the first to tell about the engagement, and her wider friends and family are said to be “over the moon”, while all of the Spice Girls singer’s girlfriends already met “and like her future husband.
Melanie Brown’s representatives declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline.
The pair are believed to have been dating since 2018, when they met through friends in Los Angeles, including celebrity makeup artist Rene Camilleri.
However, their relationship became more serious the following year when Mel returned to the UK for a Spice Girls reunion.
Close connection: Mel’s eldest daughter Phoenix, 23, was reportedly the first person she told about the engagement (pictured together in January)
Mel has an older daughter, Phoenix, with Dutch dancer Jimmy Gulzar. Mel met Jimmy in 1998 when he was hired as a dancer for the Spice Girls world tour.
They became engaged in May 1998, she became pregnant a month later, and they married that same year in September in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Their divorce was finalized in 2000.
Fearsome Spice Mel is also mum to Angel’s middle daughter Iris Murphy Brown, 15, who she shares with Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy.
The former couple split in December 2006, and Mel gave birth to Angela in April 2007. On June 22, 2007, a court-ordered DNA test confirmed that Eddie Murphy was the father of the child.
For example: Mel split from Stephen Belafonte (pictured in 2016) in 2017 and claimed he abused her during their 10-year marriage – something he has always vehemently denied
Spice Girl Mel B also shares her youngest daughter, Madison Brown Belafonte, 11, with her second husband, Stephen Belafonte.
Spice Girls’ Mel split from Stephen in 2017 and claimed he emotionally and physically abused her during their 10-year marriage – something he has always vehemently denied.
Mel was awarded an MBE in January for her work with domestic violence charity Women’s Aid to help other people affected by abusive relationships.
The Spice Girl was honored at the New Year’s Awards for services to charity and vulnerable women, and she said: “For me, it was all about them.”
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MBE: Mel was awarded an MBE in January for her work with domestic violence charity Women’s Aid to help other people affected by abusive relationships
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