Mel B has opened up about the awkward exchange she had with Prince William – all thanks to a dress designed by her good friend Victoria Beckham.
The Spice Girl, 47, revealed how bandmate Posh, 48, designed her dress for an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace last year, and joked that Victoria sewed them up on purpose when it came to her outfit.
Speaking on Live with Kelly and Ryan, Mel detailed how she wore a dress with a “big bust across the bust” where her medal should have been pinned, adding, “Victoria knew. She knew!’.
Awkward! Mel B has opened up about the awkward exchange she had with Prince William – all thanks to a dress designed by her good friend Victoria Beckham
Explaining how her friend designed the dress, Mel said: “Actually, it was quite embarrassing because I didn’t know the medal was placed here on your chest.
She continued, “Victoria [Beckham] designed my dress for the occasion. And she made a big slit right there. And I was like, “Oh, sorry!”
Co-host Ryan Seacrest congratulated Mel on (The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to charity and women at risk.
Investiture: The Spice Girl, 47, revealed how bandmate Posh, 48, designed her dress for an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace last year, and joked that Victoria sewed them up on purpose when it came to her outfit
Mel B continued to talk about her previous meetings with the royals, revealing that the Prince of Wales’ greeting was very casual.
She said: “I’ve met the royals before, so he was like, ‘Oh, hey, how are you?’
Mel then recalled meeting when Prince William and his brother Prince Harry were “very young” at Buckingham Palace with the Spice Girls.
Speaking on Live with Kelly and Ryan, Mel detailed how she wore a dress with a “big bust across the bust” where her medal should have been pinned, adding, “Victoria knew. She knew!’
She said: “When we flew into Buckingham Palace, they were very young, the royals. We had crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which struck me as a bit fancy.
“Then I decided, ‘Can we go in the kitchen and just make some toast and jam?’ So we did that too.’
Mel had previously cheekily admitted she wasn’t wearing knickers when she received her royal honours.
Cheeky: Mel previously cheekily admitted she wasn’t wearing knickers when receiving her royal honours
But while receiving the tribute, the cheeky Mel quipped that underneath her form-fitting outfit she was “rad b****ck naked”.
Speaking to The Sun, she said: “Victoria asked me, ‘Are you going to wear nipple covers?’ I said, ‘Why bother?'”.
The singer also revealed that Prince William had asked her for a Spice Girls reunion.
She said: “And he said, ‘Are you going to get the Spice Girls back together?'”. I told him I was having dinner with Victoria that night and he said, “Oh good, I’ll work on David then.”
Mel added that she and Prince William spoke about their work on domestic violence and she called it a “very special moment for me”.
Mel’s appearance comes after Prince Harry made reference to meeting the Spice Girls in his memoir, Spare, which was released last week.
Explaining how her friend designed the dress, Mel said: “It was actually quite embarrassing because I didn’t know the medal goes on your chest here.”
Prince Harry recalled his first public engagement since the death of his mother, Princess Diana, when the Spice Girls performed at a charity event in Africa hosted by Nelson Mandela in November 1997.
In the book he says: “The Spice Girls concert was my first public appearance since the funeral and I knew by intuition and from overheard conversations that there was a great deal of public curiosity about my well-being,” said the Duke of Sussex. who was 12 at the time, continued.
“I didn’t want to let them down, but I also wanted them to walk away. I remember stepping onto the red carpet, putting a smile on my face and suddenly wishing I was in my bed at St James’ Palace,” he added.
She continued, “Victoria [Beckham] designed my dress for the occasion. And she made a big slit right there. And I was like, “Oh, sorry!” (Mel pictured with the Spice Girls in 1995)