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- When he was 13 years old, he travelled to South Africa and met the Spice Girls. His half-term trip treat in November 1997 with the Prince of Wales came just two months after the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Feb 27, 2018 · Prince Harry and the Spice Girls go way back. The British royal was the envy of every other 13-year-old boy when he met the girl group during a trip to South Africa in November 1997.
- Nicholas Hautman
Jul 2, 2018 · Knowing that this is a young boy going through an unimaginably tragic time, it’s comforting to see Harry grinning from ear to ear while backstage at a Spice Girls show with his father.
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The connection between the U.K.’s beloved girl group and the royal family seems to have begun way back in the 1990s, at the peak of their popularity. At a royal gala performance celebrating the Prince’s Trust Charity in May of 1997 — just months before Princess Diana’s death — Prince Charles was snapped enjoying their spirited company at the event....
Less than a week after Princess Diana’s passing, the Spice Girls won a “Best Dance Video” award at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City for “Wannabe.” In their acceptance speech, they honored the princess fondly: “We’d like to dedicate this award to Princess Diana, who is a great loss for our country,” Mel C said onstagethat night.
In the fall of 1997, the young Prince Harry — then 13 years old — went on a safari trip with a friend and nanny to Botswana. At the tail end, his father Prince Charles flew down to South Africa to meet up with him (and Nelson Mandela) in Johannesburg. The final component of this diplomatic summit? The Spice Girls, of course. Not only did Mandela an...
Both Prince William and Prince Harry were in the presence of greatness during the Spice World premiere at the end of 1997, when their dad brought them along to the red carpet for the gala premiere with the five famous ladies. Apparently, the Spice Girls jokingly tried to convincePrince Charles to be their new manager — they had recently parted ways...
When Ginger decided to quit the group in 1998, Prince Charles chose to send her a letter. He noted: “The group will not be the same without you” and asked “What will I do without your wonderfully friendly greeting?” (That alluded to her unorthodox tendency to give him a cheek kiss.) “I really wanted you to know how deeply I’ve appreciated your grea...
A few years later, Victoria had her own encounter with Prince Charles at another of his Prince’s Trust charity events. This time it was called the “Party in the Park,” and she was accompanied by her new husband David Beckham, himself already quite famous for his soccer career. The event was a turning point for Posh: she made her solo debut at the c...
Again, another charity concert, another Spice Girl. This time it was Emma Bunton who got to shake Prince Charles’s hand at an event in Wembley Arena before the Will Young and Gareth Gates pop concert. Bunton had been named as an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust in 2001.
During a visit to Graham Norton’s talk show on BBC2 in 2007, Mel C told a story about a past visit to Prince Charles and his sons at Highgrove, a royal residence, in which she and the rest of the Spice Girls arrived by helicopter and were served subpar cucumber sandwiches — in their opinion — for tea. (Cucumber sandwiches are a traditional snack fo...
Back in 2011, the only Royal Wedding on anyone’s mind was that of Prince William and Kate Middleton, soon to become the Duchess of Cambridge. The star-studded guest list for the big day at London’s Westminster Abbey included everyone from Prime Minister David Cameron to princesses Eugenie and Beatrice to Sir Elton John and Guy Ritchie. David and Vi...
Beckham became an Officerof the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2017, with the honor bestowed upon her in a Buckingham Palace ceremony by none other than Prince William himself. “It was an absolute pleasure to be at Buckingham Palace today,” the celebrity formerly known as Posh shared in a statement. “I’m proud to be British, honored ...
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- Raisa Bruner
Nov 2, 1997 · Prince Harry is the envy of every 13-year-old boy after meeting the Spice Girls, in South Africa. The younger son of the Prince of Wales was a big hit with Baby Spice, Emma Bunton, who held...
Feb 22, 2023 · During a visit of the British royal family to South Africa, Prince Harry met one of the most famous groups of that time, the Spice Girls: Posh, Sporty, Baby, Ginger and Scary.
Jun 27, 2019 · In 1997, he joined his father in South Africa for a visit to a Zulu village — and memorably met the Spice Girls ahead of their concert in Johannesburg. Prince Harry and Prince Charles. Mark ...
