Why did the spice girls break up

In 1993, five wannabes - Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Adams - saw a small ad in The Stage newspaper. "Do you want to be famous?" it asked. Did the five girls who eventually became the Spice Girls realise quite how famous they would become? Probably not.

Girl Power

In the few years after they burst onto the scene with their warcry of "Girl Power" they amassed worldwide fame and personal fortunes of over £20 million each. More importantly, they transcended the music scene to become pop culture icons, selling more than 90 million records.

Love lives

When Victoria announced her engagement to Manchester United and England footballer David Beckham at the beginning of 1998, the press went wild. Then, when the midfielder was red-carded during the football World Cup, and it later emerged that the couple were expecting their first child, the interest turned into a veritable frenzy. They married i