<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="5655" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Spice-Girls">Spice Girls</keyword> member <keyword id="24245" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Emma-Bunton">Emma Bunton</keyword> is married to fellow musician Jade Jones.</li><li>Bunton wore a minidress and heeled flip-flops for their big day.</li><li>The couple began dating in 1998, and they have two children together.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/emma-bunton">Emma Bunton</a> of the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/spice-girls">Spice Girls</a> is officially married.</p><p>The musician, who is also known as Baby Spice, and her husband Jade Jones both shared the news in Instagram posts on Tuesday. "Mr and Mrs Jones! ❤️❤️❤️❤️" they wrote alongside <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRqbPLj1am/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">photos that show them</a> standing at their plant-covered altar. Photographer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/timmsy/">Andrew Timms</a> was there to capture their big day.</p><p>Bunton wore a white minidress for the occasion, which had see-through balloon sleeves and a low, scoop-style neckline covered with a sheer, crisscross panel. She also accessorized with heeled flip-flops, a flower-embellished headband, and a sheer veil that extended into a train.</p><p>Jones, on the other hand, wore a Gucci blazer, brown hat, cream-colored pants, and white sneakers.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:800; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~800;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRqbPLj1am" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Jade Jones (@jadejonesdmg)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Bunton shared <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRqbVnseVM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">a closer look at their wedding attire</a> in her Instagram post, revealing that her headband matched her bouquet and their <keyword id="6358814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wedding">wedding</keyword> decor.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:800; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~800;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CRRqbVnseVM" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by emmaleebunton (@emmaleebunton)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Though the couple has yet to share more details about their wedding, Bunton did post a black-and-white snapshot of her garter to her Instagram story.</p><p>The picture shows the flower-shaped band she wore across her thigh, and a small part of her long veil.</p><div type="image" title="A screenshot from Emma Bunton's Instagram story showing her wedding garter." height="1634" width="1222" msid="84412242" hostid="261"></div><p>According to Metro, <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/14/emma-bunton-and-jade-jones-relationship-timeline-as-they-get-married-14926081/amp/">Bunton and Jones began dating in 1998</a> while she was touring with the Spice Girls and he was on the road with his former band Damage.</p><p>The couple went on to have two children together, as the publication reported, and became engaged in 2011. Still, Bunton was clear at the time that <keyword id="6355896" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Marriage">marriage</keyword> wasn't a priority for them. </p><p>"We had such a wonderful engagement," <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/emma-bunton-on-why-shes-not-rushing-273010">Bunton told the Mirror</a> in 2012. "But it did take 13 years - so we're obviously not people who like rushing things!" </p><p>She added that there was "no way" they'd rush into getting married, partially because they'd want their sons to be involved in their wedding, and they were too young at the time. </p>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Richard E. Grant starred as  the Spice Girls' manager, Clifford, in 1997's "Spice World."</li><li>In his memoir, the star said that Adele gave him free tickets because of the film.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/richard-e-grant-king-charles-bloodied-underwear-2023-8">Richard E. Grant</a> has an eclectic mix of roles on his acting résumé, from playing the infamous titular alcoholic in "Withnail and I," the sneering <a href="https://www.insider.com/logan-should-i-see-it-2017-3">Dr. Zander Rice in "Logan,"</a> and Jack Hock in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" which earned him a <a href="https://www.insider.com/richard-e-grant-paul-rudd-oscars-kneeled-insane-fan-2023-8">best supporting actor nomination at the 2019 Oscars</a>. </p><p>But one of his most unique roles has to be as Clifford, the <a href="https://www.insider.com/heres-how-much-each-of-the-spice-girls-is-worth-2018-3">Spice Girls</a>' manager in "Spice World." Yes, Grant was the one in charge of the pop stars in their big-screen adventure in 1997.</p><p>In his new memoir, <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?amazonTrackingID=biauto-61279-20&amp;h=515562788bbe3cbe73e04b4654a91b5da9e8cfb4bce026e8cac3c85029285c67&amp;postID=64d4c590837033154c896c49&amp;site=in&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPOCKETFUL-OF-HAPPINESS%2Fdp%2F1398519502%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Pocketful of Happiness,"</a> which was released in the US on August 1, Grant recalled working with the Spice Girls at the height of their popularity — and the reaction he received from fellow actors.</p><p>"I was chastised by the more serious members of the acting fraternity for taking the role," he wrote. "But had the last laugh two decades later when Lena Dunham wrote me into four episodes of 'Girls,' as a result of knowing me from 'Spice World.'"</p><p>"Likewise, Adele, with whom I share a birthday, sent me tickets to her sold-out O2 Arena concert as she is an obsessive Spice Girls fan. So win-win!" he added.</p><p>Grant also shared fond memories of working with the Spice Girls — Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, and Geri Horner — themselves, explaining that the film's script was there "more as a guide," and that the cast was "encouraged to improvise and just be themselves."</p><p>Because he shared several scenes with the band, Grant ended up being quite friendly with them, and Bunton even helped look after his daughter when she visited the set. </p><p>Grant praised Baby Spice, saying that she "was so maternal and inclusive," adding: "My 8-year-old daughter's fantasy, <em>come true!</em>"</p><p>If that wasn't enough, Mel B gave Grant his own nickname during production.</p><p>"Mel 'Scary Spice' Brown thwacked me on the bum and declared, 'You're in pretty good shape, for an old guy!' I was instantly nicknamed <em>Old Spice</em>. Verbal Viagra!" Grant wrote.</p>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13831600" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mel-b" source="Orion">Mel B</keyword> told The Sun that she wasn't wearing underwear when meeting <keyword id="6427688" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="prince-william" source="Orion">Prince William</keyword> on Wednesday.</li><li>Mel B received an MBE, a British award, for her work as a patron for the Women's Aid charity.</li></ul><p>Spice Girl Mel B <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/18463473/mel-b-mbe-prince-william-no-knickers/">told the UK's The Sun</a> that she decided not to wear underwear underneath her dress when receiving a prestigious award from Prince William at Buckingham Palace earlier this week.</p><p>On Wednesday, Mel B, whose birth name is Melanie Brown, was given an MBE for her work as patron for Women's Aid, a domestic violence charity. The British award, also known as the Order of the British Empire<em>,</em> is awarded to people who are making a positive impact in their line of work.</p><p>In an interview with The Sun after the event, Mel B said she decided to go "stark, buttock naked" to the event after a conversation with her <keyword id="13831601" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="spice-girls" source="Orion">Spice Girls</keyword> band member-turned-fashion designer <keyword id="12215466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="victoria-beckham" source="Orion">Victoria Beckham</keyword>, who flew in from Miami to handpick Mel B's outfit. </p><p>"Victoria asked me, 'Will you wear nipple covers?' I said, 'Why bother?'" Mel B recalled.</p><p>During the ceremony, when Prince William had to pin the MBE onto her dress, the royal asked for a female official to do it instead.</p><p>"I didn't think I had that much cleavage on show!" Mel B said, adding that she "felt guilty" during the event because she spent "so long" talking to Prince William and held up the line for other people to collect their awards.</p><div type="image" title="The Circle" height="617" width="822" msid="91350722" hostid="261"></div><p>"I think William thought I was receiving the MBE for being a Spice Girl," Mel B added, "but I told him that it was for my work on domestic violence. He wanted to hear all about it."</p><p>Previously, Mel B opened up about her own "abusive marriage" in her 2018 <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brutally-Honest-Melanie-Brown/dp/1787133524/ref=asc_df_1787133524/?tag=googshopuk-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=311323025759&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=14836723193573170492&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9045999&amp;hvtargid=pla-604535305194&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1">autobiography "Brutally Honest."</a> She's been working with Women's Aid, a British charity "working to end domestic abuse," <a href="https://www.womensaid.org.uk/about-us/">according to its website</a>, ever since.</p><p>Mel B told The Sun that Prince William said, "'That must be really fulfilling for you to talk about it and help women'. I said that my story is exactly like so many of the women I meet and that I managed to get out and survive. It was a really good conversation and a very special moment for me."</p><p>The pair also spoke about the Spice Girls reuniting.</p><p>"William told me, 'I'm so delighted that it's me giving you this. And he asked, 'Will you get the Spice Girls back together?' I told him I was having dinner with Victoria that evening and he said, 'Oh good, I'll work on David then,'" Mel B recalled, referencing Beckham's husband.</p><p>Mel B recently reunited with another Spice Girl band member, Emma Bunton, for the fourth season of "<keyword id="13831602" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-circle" source="Orion">The Circle</keyword>." In the reality series where contestants can only communicate through social media, the two stars are pretending to be a man named Jared to see how far they can get in the show before being discovered.</p><p>The first four episodes of Netflix's "The Circle" premiered on Wednesday.</p>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Annem Hobson launched a cheese <keyword id="12319997" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="advent-calendar" source="Orion">advent calendar</keyword> in 2015 while working full time in communications.</li><li>She worked evenings and weekends to build the business, starting with no dairy or retail experience.</li></ul><p><em>This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Annem Hobson, a communications professional and business owner. It has been edited for length and clarity.</em></p><p>I've always preferred savory over sweet. And I've always loved, loved cheese.</p><p>Around Christmastime in 2015, I was running my own blog — <a href="http://www.sowrongitsnom.com">sowrongitsnom.com</a> — and working freelance in communications. I wondered to myself whether a cheese advent calendar existed. Today, you can find beer and pork-scratching advent calendars, but chocolate dominated the market back then. </p><p>So I did what anyone would do: I Googled it, realized one didn't exist, and popped myself to Hobbycraft so I could make my own.</p><p>At that point, I had absolutely no intention to make cheese advent calendars into a business. I just wanted to write a blog post, which I published with instructions for people to make their own. </p><p>The next day, I woke up and it had gone viral. It ended up on "Good Morning America," and celebrities — including Zooey Deschanel and Emma Bunton from the Spice Girls — were tweeting about it. It was only a year later that I thought I should do something with it.</p><p>In 2016, I bought the domain name cheeseadventcalendar.com. I went back to the people who supported it the previous year and asked them to sign up.</p><p>I ended up getting 11,000 sign-ups in three days, but I didn't have any experience in retail or the dairy industry, so I didn't know where to start. </p><p>I discovered a company called Norseland. It's in Ilchester, a village nestled in the heart of cheese-making land in Somerset, England.</p><p>I found its name on the back of a cheese selection that I saw in a supermarket, so I put in the strangest call it's probably ever had to ask if the company could help me make a cheese advent calendar.</p><p>I went in to pitch the idea, which was almost "Dragons' Den"-esque. I drove to the company's office and turned up with my PowerPoint presentation. Thankfully, it worked. Since then, we've sold almost three-quarters of a million cheese advent calendars.</p><p>When we first launched, we were exclusive to the UK supermarket chain Asda, and we launched it with five cheeses. Now we have nine varieties, including vintage cheddar, aged red Leicester, and Mexicana.</p><p>We also sell our calendars in 16 countries. It's popular in the USA and Canada, but I'm blown away by how popular it is in places such as New Zealand.</p><p>I'm doing all this while I work a full-time job in communications for a games company, which I've managed to juggle with my passion project quite well.</p><p>Supermarkets are already thinking about their <keyword id="12030580" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="christmas" source="Orion">Christmas</keyword> selections for 2022, so product development starts now. I tend to be busy from summer onward with marketing, but I can use my annual leave to attend meetings, and if I need to look at packaging designs or presentations, I can do that after work and on weekends. </p><p>I still manage to get holidays though. It's not all taken up by cheese. </p><p>I'm fortunate to have both a full-time job and a side project, but I acknowledge that there needs to be a balance for the sake of mental health. It's important that you're not using every single one of your holidays because that's going to lead to burnout. </p><p>I only went full time at the games company about a year and a half ago. Before that, I was freelance, which allowed me to focus on the cheese advent calendar and grow the business. That's all thankfully settled down now.</p><p>A lot of my work is validated at this time of the year. December 1 is better than Christmas Day for me. People are opening up their doors, and it brings them so much joy. It makes people smile, and when people support you, it eases the pressure.</p><p>I'm not cheesed out by Christmas either. We still have a cheese board on Christmas Day.</p>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Thursday, <keyword id="6357837" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian</keyword> West shared a photo with all of her sisters from <keyword id="6373424" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="khloe-kardashian">Khloe Kardashian</keyword>'s birthday in June. </li><li>Their outfits in the photo were reminiscent of the looks the <keyword id="5655" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Spice-Girls">Spice Girls</keyword> wore in the '90s. </li><li>Kim shared a side-by-side photo of her sisters next to a photo of the Spice Girls on her Instagram story.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian West's</a> most recent family photo shows the Kardashian-Jenner sisters channeling the '90s. </p><p>On Thursday, the SKIMS founder posted a throwback picture on Instagram from <a href="https://www.insider.com/khloe-kardashian-birthday-party-inflatable-slide-photos-video-2020-6">Khloe Kardashian's birthday celebration in June</a>.</p><p>"Spice Girls," she captioned the photo with all of her sisters. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCttSj7AJf0" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Spice Girls</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Jul 16, 2020 at 12:09pm PDT<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-07-16T19:09:50+00:00">Jul 16, 2020 at 12:09pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>The 39-year-old mogul also reshared a side-by-side photo from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/90sanxiety/?hl=en">@90sanxiety</a> to her Instagram story, which shows the members of the Spice Girls compared to the Kardashian-Jenner sisters.</p><p><div type="image" title="kim kardashian spice girls igs.PNG" height="2436" width="1125" msid="77024531" hostid="261"></div></p><p>According to the side-by-side photo, <keyword id="28471" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kourtney-Kardashian">Kourtney Kardashian</keyword> is channeling Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham) in a dark-blue dress and Yeezy pumps, Kim is Ginger Spice (Gerri Halliwell) with her head-to-toe red outfit, and Khloe is channeling Scary Spice (Mel B) in <a href="https://www.insider.com/khloe-kardashian-see-through-birthday-dress-2020-6">her sparkly see-through Yousef Al Jasmi minidress</a>.</p><p><keyword id="957877" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kylie-Jenner">Kylie Jenner</keyword>'s pink hair, floral Dior saddlebag, $100 <a href="https://shoploveandlabels.com/products/5a694f78e4966b51f6b1f2d0">Love and Labels patent faux-leather pants</a>, and Nike x Off-White Air Force 1 sneakers are all reminiscent of the fun clothing and accessories Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) wore in the '90s. And lastly, <keyword id="6371810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kendall-Jenner">Kendall Jenner</keyword>'s outfit — a tie-dye <a href="https://www.hlorenzo.com/products/nysa-orange-flames">one-shoulder H.Lorenzo top</a>, <a href="https://www.hlorenzo.com/products/lyonesse-orange-flames">matching pants</a>, and Nike Air Force 1 sneakers — looked just like something Sporty Spice (Melanie C) would wear. </p><p>This also isn't the first time Kim has expressed her love for the Spice Girls.</p><p>In 2015, the KKW Beauty founder shared a throwback photo of her and her friends dressed up as the girl group for their high school talent show. </p><p>"I'm so thankful that me &amp; my friends were the Spice Girls for our high school talent show! The Spice Girls got me through a lot! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/foreverthankful/">#ForeverThankful</a>," she captioned it.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/-jsENEOS6L" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">I'm so Thankful that me &amp; my friends were the Spice Girls for our high school talent show! The Spice Girls got me through a lot! #ForeverThankful</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by  Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Nov 26, 2015 at 10:11am PST<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2015-11-26T18:11:56+00:00">Nov 26, 2015 at 10:11am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/kim-kardashian-lavender-crop-top-leather-chaps-instagram-outfit-2020-7">Kim Kardashian wore a $135 lavender crop top with a pair of black leather chaps</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/khloe-kardashian-see-through-birthday-dress-2020-6">Khloe Kardashian wore a sparkly see-through dress to celebrate her birthday</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/kylie-jenner-bandana-print-maxi-dress-instagram-2020-7">Kylie Jenner wore a maxi dress with cutouts in the front and back for a day at the beach</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-facts-2018-2">20 surprising things you probably didn't know about 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians'</a></li></ul>

Kim Kardashian and her sisters channeled the Spice Girls by posing for a group photo in '90s-inspired outfits

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a9685d7aae605c7038b45f7-2400/gettyimages-77941896.jpg" alt="spice girls" data-mce-source="Frazer Harrison / Getty" data-link="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/license/77941896" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/license/77941896">Frazer Harrison / Getty</a></span></p><p class="caption">The Spice Girls in 2007. They rarely appear in public together.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>All five Spice Girls are attending the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, according to band member Mel B.</strong></li><li><strong>The singer also hinted that the girl group could be performing at the reception.</strong></li><li><strong>The rest of the guest list remains unknown, but St. George's Chapel can seat 800 guests.</strong></li></ul><hr /><p><br />The Spice Girls are attending Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding in May, according one of the group's members - and they could even perform at the reception.</p><p>On Tuesday, Mel B (real name <span>Melanie Janine Brown)</span> told American talk show "The Real" that all five Spice Girls have been invited to the highly anticipated event.</p><p>When the show's host Loni Love asked: "Do you know anybody that you think is gonna go to this wedding?" she replied, "Yeah, I'm going... I don't know if I should've said that!"</p><p>As far as who else was attending, she added: "Well us five Spice Girls... why am I so honest?"</p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5441631/Spice-Girls-perform-Prince-Harrys-wedding.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to the Daily Mail</a>, Prince Harry met the Spice Girls in 1997 after attending one of their concerts. He would have been around 13 at the time. Meghan Markle is <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/5494848/spice-girls-comeback-royal-wedding-meghan-markle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly also a fan.</a></p><p>When asked if the five-girl group - Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner, and Victoria Beckham - will perform at the wedding reception, Brown responded: "This is where I'm just like... I need to go. I'm going to be fired!"</p><p>While the former pop star didn't reveal much about the invitations themselves, she added: "It was proper. I'm not saying any more!"</p><p>The couple, who <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-2017-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced their engagement in November</a>, will <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding-windsor-castle-may-2018-2017-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marry on May 19 at <span>at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.</span></a><span></span></p><p><strong>The chapel, shown below, can accomodate 800 guests - a much smaller venue than the 2,000-capacity Westminster Abbey, where Prince William and Kate Middleton married.</strong></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a9686d3aae6051c008b458c-2400/gettyimages-916899130.jpg" alt="st george's chapel" data-mce-source="Dominic Lipinski / Getty" data-link="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/st-georges-chapel?family=editorial&amp;phrase=st%20george%27s%20chapel&amp;sort=best&amp;agreements=ed:7822#license" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/st-georges-chapel?family=editorial&amp;phrase=st%20george%27s%20chapel&amp;sort=best&amp;agreements=ed:7822#license">Dominic Lipinski / Getty</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><strong>Here's a look inside St George's Hall, where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will hold their reception:</strong></p><p><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a96863caae605c3008b4571-2400/gettyimages-916899118.jpg" alt="st george's chapel windsor castle" data-mce-source="Dominic Lipinski / Getty Images" /><p class="source"><span>Dominic Lipinski / Getty Images</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></span></p><p><span>The Royal Family will pay for the wedding, including the church service, music, flowers, and reception.</span></p><p>The couple are reportedly planning the wedding themselves, and want a "fun" event that the public can be involved in. It's likely to be televised.</p><p>Prince Harry's communications secretary Jason Knauf said: "They will be making sure it reflects who they are as a couple."</p><p>He added that Windsor is a "very special place" for Harry and Meghan, who have spent time there during their relationship.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-londons-slim-house-narrow-battersea-alma-nac-2018-2">Inside London's 'slim house' that is narrower than a Tube carriage and could sell for £1 million</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/VrJ14rne-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

The Spice Girls are apparently all attending Harry and Meghan's royal wedding - and they might be performing

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5783abe988e4a7fd018b70c3-1920/spice%20girls%20gem.png" alt="Spice Girls GEM" data-mce-source="Spice Girls GEM YouTube" data-mce-caption="Mel B., Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton in the Spice Girls GEM announcement."><p class="source"><span>Spice Girls GEM YouTube</span></p><p class="caption">Mel B., Geri Halliwell, and Emma Bunton in the Spice Girls GEM announcement.</p></img></div><p></p></div></div>The Spice Girls know what fans really, really want.<p>They said so in a video released on Friday, which was the 20th anniversary of their hit single "Wannabe." But two of the five members were absent.</p><p><span>Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), and&#xa0;Melanie Brown aka Mel B. (Scary Spice) thanked fans for their support and hinted that&#xa0;something special is coming.</span></p><p><span>The announcement was made on a new YouTube channel called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyRNhJ0kfB62r2sA4kTbNNA">"Spice Girls GEM."</a>&#xa0;(There's even a <a href="http://spicegirlsgem.com/">new website</a> to match.)&#xa0;</span></p><p><span>"<span>We've been thinking. We have the best fans in the whole entire world," the trio&#xa0;said in the video while "Wannabe" played in the background. "You stood by us for 20 years, and we want to say a big thank you. We've had our ups and downs, but you've always been there. And we want to celebrate and have a party - and when we do, you're all invited."</span><span><br /></span></span></p><p><span><span>But apparently&#xa0;the invite&#xa0;doesn't include&#xa0;Melanie&#xa0;<span>Chisholm aka Mel C (Sporty Spice) and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/victoria-beckham-facts-pictures-2016-2">Victoria Beckham</a> (Posh Spice), as the two were noticeably absent from the video.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Mel C and Beckham have been the trickiest members to convince to reunite.&#xa0;</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Halliwell made a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/103637.stm">surprise split</a> from The Spice Girls in 1998. The group officially&#xa0;went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000 only to reunite for a sold-out tour in 2007.&#xa0;</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>The next official reunion came spectacularly in 2012 during the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PArTdhNda7k">closing&#xa0;ceremony of the London Summer Olympics</a>. All five Spices rolled in on illuminated London taxis and sang a medley of&#xa0;"Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life." They looked happy, and it was all fans could dream of.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We hope to tell you soon what your want, what you really really want… <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wannabe?src=hash">#wannabe</a> <a href="https://t.co/2Jk8bi85la">https://t.co/2Jk8bi85la</a> <a href="https://t.co/c2IHmdb3ev">pic.twitter.com/c2IHmdb3ev</a></p>- Geri Horner  (@GeriHalliwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/751286958274580480">July 8, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>But&#xa0;dreams are all they've had since, seeing as Mel C and Beckham have opted out of all the attempts at a reunion since then.&#xa0;</span></span></span></p><p><span>"I won't ever do it again,"&#xa0;Beckham told <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2542654/Victoria-Beckham-rules-future-Spice-Girls-reunion-poses-Vanity-Fair.html">The Daily Mail</a> in 2014. "[The Olympics]</span><span>&#xa0;was a perfect time to say, 'That's great. Thank you to everybody, but no more.' Sometimes you've got to know when it's time to leave the party."</span></p><p><span>Beckham did show pride in the group when she shared the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/victoriabeckham/videos/1059738754079356/">Global Goals' reimagining of "Wannabe"</a> with a feminist message.</span></p><p><span><span><span><span>While Mel C told The Sun&#xa0;in June that the group was still "<span>very much <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1238386/sporty-spice-is-back-mel-c-hints-she-will-join-emma-mel-b-and-geri-for-spice-girls-reunion/">my present</a>," she <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1402091/spice-girls-plan-massive-reunion-concert-at-londons-hyde-park-for-july-2017/">later told</a> the publication, "<span>There are lots of discussions going on. Right now I am in the studio working on my own album and that is my focus. I'm taking it slowly."</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Seeing as how Mel B, Bunton, and Halliwell previously had <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFROqqxkBZ6/">their own reunion in May</a> and how their names seem to fit so well into an acronym, it seems like the only Spice Girls reunion we will see soon is with three-fifths of the original Spice Force Five. 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The Spice Girls are reuniting - but two of the members are missing

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5547c1bdecad04817fbaa38e-1200-924/david-beckham-victoria-beckham-3.jpg" border="0" alt="David Beckham Victoria Beckham"><p class="source"><span> Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div>David Beckham celebrated his 40th birthday in style this weekend.<p>The soccer star and his wife, Victoria Beckham <span>-&#xa0;</span>along with the couple's four children <span>-</span>&#xa0;hosted their celebrity friends for three days of festivities in&#xa0;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Marrakech, Morocco.&#xa0;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The weekend started with a giant private jet and birthday wishes from Victoria Beckham:</span></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"So excited to be celebrating David's birthday x #DB40 x vb ?????????? x vb"</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2KBh6JFiB0/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">It was followed by a&#xa0;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"spoiled" selfie by Beckham himself:</span></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"I feel very spoilt this morning! #DB40"</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2LLxAYTWcv/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Beckham was clearly awaiting guests at his birthday breakfast:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2LMfUVTWd6/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Soon, his family arrived to celebrate:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2LKoZFFiLh/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"Here's a photo with @brooklynbeckham the real boss of the family! #DB40"</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2LVQOMzWaV/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">"Hanging out in Marrakech Morocco for my dad's birthday," posted Beckham's son, Romeo:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2L3XsVQC5S/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Later, Romeo posted this touching tribute to his dad:&#xa0;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"Happy birthday to the best dad in the whole world, i love you alot, and you are the best football player and my idol, thank you for being the best daddy #DB40"</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2Ktnx3QC1n/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Son Brooklyn posted: "Happy birthday dad. #DB40"</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2LOA6hxbN-/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Soon, guests like Liv Tyler began to arrive:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2MWUUyjBzc/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">And actress Eva Longoria:</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2MYumsRbLo/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span data-reactid=".0.0.2.0.0:0:2.0.2.0">Zanna Roberts Rassi,&#xa0;</span><span>Marie Claire Senior Fashion Editor and "Today" show fashion correspondent, posted:&#xa0;</span>"Dolled up with my dapper date @mazdackrassi for #DB40."</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2MPyp8jB0O/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">It was a gorgeous setting:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2PjOpujB8w/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Later that night, the birthday boy and his wife celebrated by candlight:</p><p class="embed-spacer" style="padding-left: 30px;">"Special evening with family and friends x #DB40 x ?? @davidbeckham"</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2MXu4iliE6/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">It was even more beautiful after the sun set:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2N-xorwQS8/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">But things didn't stay calm for long. There were fire dancers:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2Mu6GkCGks/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Liv Tyler played dress up:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2N_tpqQQUV/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">There was plenty to drink:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2OFtvYDBww/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"><span>&#xa0;</span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span>Magician David Blaine was there:</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2MpipdxbOb/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">And then there was a Spice Girls reunion <span>-</span>&#xa0;plus Eva Longoria, but minus Scary Spice aka Mel B:</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2NAkldCGmt/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Even the birthday boy got in on the reunion action:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2OcD4Bka9A/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Beckham's parents and sister were there to celebrate, too.</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2OM9-5TWTV/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Of course, there was also cake:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2QbKJvzWT-/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&#xa0;</span></p><p class="embed-spacer">And everyone sang "Happy Birthday":</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2Psme6QC4q/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">The next day, everyone was hurting.</p><p class="embed-spacer">Eva Longoria and Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice, had a rough trip home.</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2OzJWOiGlE/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Beckham posted:&#xa0;<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Someone is trying to make daddy feel pretty today after a heavy night."</span></p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2QZ-LVTWR1/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">He tried to make himself feel better with a little breakfast:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2Q5dL8zWUj/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">Beckham later posted: "Thanks to my beautiful wife for such an amazing day x"</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2MbkEpzWVc/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer">While the rest of their guests headed home, the Beckham clan is still recovering in style:</p><div><div><iframe src="//instagram.com/p/2REYCpFiCy/embed/" width="658" height="" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/david-beckham-ebola-psa-africa-sierra-leone-2014-10">David Beckham's Joining The Fight Against Ebola</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="prbjg2cTrq4dBW824kBJn4ckKS1Q7ZJ7" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; 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<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e3998c15bc79c42887090cb-2400/nico bossi headshot 2019.jpg" alt="Nico Bossi, financer and entrepreneur, formerly at Citigroup and founder of media finance companies" /><ul class="summary-list"><li>Nico Bossi is an entrepreneur with a background in investment banking at Citigroup and COO of Verasity Worldwide, as well as the founder of two investing and media companies<em>.</em></li><li>He always thought he would have kids at a young age, but unexpected circumstances led him to align with the common trend of having kids later.</li><li>Millennial moms and dads are demanding different kinds of products and services that are more eco-friendly and make parenting more efficient.</li><li>Bossi said that there are ways companies can capitalize on the delayed parenting strategy, like making what used to be considered luxury childcare techniques accessible to everyone.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>I grew up in Italy, just outside Rome, and I always thought I'd become a young father. I pictured myself kicking a ball around the yard with my children and taking them with me to watch AS Roma, our hometown soccer team - a pep in my step all the while, my parenting skills bolstered by the buoyancy of youth.</p><p>Perhaps I expected to have children young because my mother and father were young when they had me. That was the norm back then: to raise big, rambunctious families. My mother is one of five sisters, and I grew up surrounded by cousins - 12 at the last count. My grandparents also lived nearby.</p><p>When I emigrated to America after high school, I maintained both my hope and my expectation that I'd be a young father. Things started according to plan when I met and married <a href="http://www.jenniferleesnowden.com">my American wife</a>. Yet as it tends to do, life threw us a curveball. Due to illness, we were unable to start a family right away, as we'd hoped. This was frustrating and scary. However, due to the amazing progress in fertility medicine, we were able to "bank" our luck. As I write this, there are some fertilized embryos nestled safely inside nitrogen tanks, awaiting a future arrival date.</p><p>Although it felt unusual at the time, the fact that my wife and I have waited to have children aligns us with the broader worldwide cultural shift: More and more, parents are delaying procreation. According to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/report004.pdf">National Vital Statistics System</a>, 3.8 million babies were born in the US in 2017. Although it sounds like a high number, this was the lowest reported fertility rate in 30 years. </p><p>Importantly, this reflects the successful campaign against unwanted teen pregnancies - which are down 55% since 2007, according to NVSS - but it's also a matter of strategy. Some parents are waiting until they feel financially secure and professionally established to have children - which is entirely logical: <a href="https://www.fns.usda.gov/resource/expenditures-children-families-reports-all-years">According to the US Department of Agriculture's Expenditures on Children by Families</a>, in 2015 parents were expected to spend $233,610 to raise a child, from birth to adulthood. </p><p>People are waiting longer to have kids. The mean age of first-time mothers is continuing to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/04/upshot/up-birth-age-gap.html">increase</a> from 21 in 1972 to 26 today, alongside fathers who are now around 31, up from 27 in the same time period. As a result, when couples today do have children, they are more informed and more conscious of safety concerns because they've taken the time to educate themselves. </p><p>They're also constantly digitally connected and demanding better and more reliable child-centered products and services. </p><p>Some of those products include <a href="https://cocooncam.com/">Cocoon Cam</a>, an AI-vital signs, data-capturing monitor started by a former Tesla engineer; <a href="https://www.tinyhood.com/">Tinyhood</a>, an on-demand expert advice network which functions as a "ParentTech"-style assistant; and <a href="https://kidizen.com/">Kidizen</a>, a peer-to-peer resale market for kids clothing and products.   </p><p>All told, this amounts to a seismic generational shift, both in how parents prepare for raising kids and what they demand out of the technology that helps them do that. </p><p><a href="https://news.crunchbase.com/news/millennial-parents-helping-grow-baby-tech-market/">Data shows</a> $300 million in capital flowing to startups servicing this revolution. </p><p>What we're also seeing is a broader socioeconomic shift towards products and services with roots in the <a href="https://www.parqex.com/how-parents-benefit-from-the-sharing-economy/">sharing economy</a> - companies that allow parents to rent, resale, and share rather than buy - as well as the "<a href="https://time.com/4376283/quantified-self-parents-apps/">quantified self</a>" movement: technology that tracks data for self-improvement.</p><p>This trend is of deep interest to me, both personally and professionally. I'm not only an aspiring father, but an investor. The ability to see around corners, to understand what's coming next, is a vital skill for early-stage venture capitalists and one I've worked hard to hone. As such, it's clear to me that what we have on our hands is not just a revolution in parenting, but an economic opportunity.</p><p>Here's how we should all be preparing for it.   </p><h1><strong>Look for companies that are democratizing parent services for the masses</strong></h1><p>At Alpha Edison, the VC firm where I work, we make concerted efforts to identify startups who use new technology to bring upmarket services - services which were once only enjoyed by the rich and powerful - to the masses. (We call this strategy <a href="https://www.alphaedison.com/insights/2018/11/13/democratized-decisions">democratizing decisions</a>.) </p><p>Examples of companies who fit this bill are Uber and Lyft. Both companies made perks like private drivers, for example, available to all. </p><p>There are several companies who are democratizing the parent services space in a similar way. Consider the rideshare service for minors, <a href="https://www.hopskipdrive.com/">Hop Skip Drive</a>, which has raised $75 million in funding to date according to Pitchbook. In providing child-safe alternatives to Uber and Lyft, their growth will mirror what happens with the industry as a whole.</p><p>Other examples of companies bringing "luxury" to the masses within the parenting sector include services like doulas (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/birth-made-easy-hypnobirthing/id1021177624">hypnobirthing meditations</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/squeezy-nhs-pelvic-floor-app/id700740791">pelvic floor</a> exercises/reminders); <a href="https://www.hisawyer.com/">after-school EdTech</a>; digital <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id661829386?mt=8">therapists</a>, and <a href="https://www.workingmother.com/beautiful-co-working-spaces-that-offer-babysitting-too#page-3">coworking spaces with childcare.</a> </p><p>In making upscale, desirable parenting services available to a larger percentage of people, these companies have a chance at real success.  </p><h1><strong>Look for companies that alleviate 'silent suffering'</strong></h1><p>Another category of market opportunity centers around relieving "silent suffering" - everyday irritations that we all just put up with. The kind that, if someone solved them, would unlock <em>massive</em> latent demand. </p><p>For example, many women suffer in silence when it comes to the physical recovery from pregnancy. </p><p>"As a society, we've made it seem 'normal' that women will pee in their pants, have painful sex, or never regain core or pelvic strength for years after giving birth," said Carine Carmy, cofounder and CEO of <a href="http://theoriginway.com">Origin</a>, a women's health company. "These issues are far more common than they need to be, affecting one in four adult women, and many women are no longer waiting in pain. They're seeking help and treatment, and the good news is that physical therapy and other noninvasive methods work."</p><p>The most obvious form of silent suffering parents presently put up with is the lack of paid parental leave and affordable childcare options, making many parents - particularly mothers - unable to work. <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/famee.nr0.htm">According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>, only 71% of US mothers are in the workforce, compared to 93% of fathers. The participation rate drops still further - to 65% - for mothers with very small children. </p><p>Both <a href="https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/as-momentum-continues-to-grow-for-congress-to-take-action-on-paid-family-leave-gillibrand-delauro-stand-with-workers-business-leaders-and-advocates-to-reintroduce-the-family-act-to-give-every-american-worker-access-to-paid-family-and-medical-leave">paid parental leave</a> and <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-unveils-universal-child-care-and-early-learning-proposal">universal childcare</a> are key pieces of legislation ripe for debate in the run up to the next election. In the meantime, providing safe, affordable childcare is a massive opportunity. Next gen parents want and need state-of-the-art childcare where they can keep in touch with offspring during the workday. They want on-site childcare at coworking spaces.</p><p>Companies who can deliver on that in the near future will change lives. </p><h1><strong>Look for non-toxic startups </strong></h1><p>Parents today want products that are free of toxic chemicals. They likewise don't want products that promote climate-unfriendly practices.  </p><p>As a result, a variety of environmentally conscious companies have begun sprouting up. (It just so happens that many of the founders are celebrity parents.) These include Jessica Alba's eco-friendly child/baby line <a href="https://www.honest.com/">The Honest Company</a>, which has <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/the-honest-company">raised</a> around $500 million to date; Karolina Kurkova's wellness line <a href="https://gryphandivyrose.com/">Gryph &amp; IvyRose</a> known as "Goop for kids"; and Emma (Baby Spice) Bunton's <a href="https://kitandkin.com/">Kit &amp; Kin.</a></p><p>Emma Bunton in particular has captured mommy bloggers' universal acclaim. Bunton's company sells diapers made with far fewer chemicals than leading brands and chlorine-free fluff pulp harvested from sustainably managed forests. </p><p>In the baby/child food sector, Sarah Michelle Gellar's company, <a href="https://foodstirs.com/">Foodstirs</a>, bills itself as "junk free" organic DIY baking, providing simple-to-use kits with no "bad" ingredients. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/sarah-michelle-gellar-shares-secrets-launching-business-51242576">Gellar told Good Morning America</a> about the power of taking parenting brands direct to consumers: "Customers nowadays want to really know every part of what goes into what they're eating, what they're purchasing, and social media allows that," she shared.</p><p>This epitomizes the ethos companies in this space are adopting - and hints at something of a winning formula that investors should be paying attention to. </p><h1><strong>Look at companies poised to disrupt incumbents</strong></h1><p>I'm bullish about the companies detailed above because, while many are still small, they nevertheless are direct threats to the biggest players in the baby/child products and services industry They're heralding trends that will only continue to grow in importance over time, as the parenting revolution takes shape and garners influence. </p><p>I met recently with Lisa Barnett, the founder of <a href="https://www.littlespoon.com/">Little Spoon</a>. She reiterated that assisting the parenting revolution is very much something entrepreneurs like her are focusing on. </p><p>"2018 was the first year the millennial generation represented the critical majority of new parents," she said. "And in the same way we've seen millennials disrupt so many other consumer categories, they've entered the parenting space with the same demands for high-quality, transparent, health-conscious, and affordable products for their families."</p><p>The disruptive potential of entrepreneurs like Lisa is massive. Big picture, the total addressable market for global baby care products is <a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/1259/baby-care-market/">estimated</a> at $73.86 billion, and <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/258435/revenue-of-the-baby-care-products-market-worldwide/">projected</a> to grow to $109.13 billion by 2026, according to research and data company Statista. It's still a fragmented industry, but Johnson &amp; Johnson (23.2%), Procter &amp; Gamble (18%), and Kimberly-Clark (8%) Statista says are the three market leaders.</p><p>And they're susceptible to disruption. In line with the widespread concerns around toxic and harmful ingredients, J&amp;J is still embroiled in a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-johnson-johnson-cancer-lawsuit/jj-loses-trial-over-claims-linking-cancer-to-asbestos-in-talc-idUSKCN1HC2PL">lawsuit</a> around asbestos traces in their talcum powder that is said to cause cancer, which could negatively affect their market share in the coming years. So there's a real opportunity for smart startups to grab market share or make themselves ripe for successful IPO or acquisition.</p><p>More importantly, there's a real opportunity for companies and investors to do good and change lives here. For example, when I met with Lisa, our conversation eventually turned to her parenting hopes. "I'd love to be a mother at some point," she said. "But I feel it's really tough, if not impossible, to be an entrepreneur CEO and working mother without masses of support." </p><p>I felt for her. It's a horrible choice to have to be between pursuing your dreams and starting a family. Technology designed for the next generation of parents can alleviate some of that pressure and solve for the time-constraint burdens of early-stage parenting. Obviously, technology can't solve all of the problems parents face today, but developed and cultivated strategically, it can certainly make it easier for women to stay in or re-enter the workforce, should they choose to have kids. </p><p>The way we raise families has changed - perhaps forever. It's time for founders and the people who power them to change, too.</p>

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