Spice Up Your Night: Inside Emma Bunton's Epic 50th Birthday Celebration

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With one hand tucked casually in her pocket and the other embracing her friend, she donned a smile refined over decades of practice, gazing directly into the camera’s lens.

Her eyes conveyed warmth mixed with defiance as she stood alongside bandmates she has cherished for over 30 years. Victoria Beckham appeared determined to set aside her worries while posing for the snapshot.

The celebration of Emma Bunton’s 50th birthday came at a challenging time for Victoria, occurring a mere five days after her son Brooklyn’s startling revelations about her surfaced on social media. Nevertheless, she chose to join in marking her friend’s significant milestone.

A close confidant of the Beckhams reveals their motto: ‘to keep on going.’

Indeed, the 51-year-old fashion icon was among 30 guests, including her husband Sir David Beckham, who were invited to Emma’s enchanting dinner at the flower-adorned Soho Farmhouse on Saturday night.

Not far from their Cotswolds retreat, Victoria and David—who had just returned from Davos—dressed up for their first social outing since their eldest son accused them of being ‘controlling’ and attempting to ‘endlessly ruin’ his marriage to Nicola Peltz.

Victoria Beckham spent the weekend partying with her Spice Girls bandmates, days after her son Brooklyn left her heartbroken with his bombshell statement

Victoria captioned the post: ‘Happy birthday to the most beautiful soul. I love you girls so much’

Earlier this week, Brooklyn launched a blistering attack on his parents in a six-page statement

‘They’ve all felt desperate sadness since last Monday. It has smashed their hearts to pieces but David and Victoria show up when they say they will,’ said the friend.

‘There was some uncertainly about Emma’s birthday but they adore her, she is very special to them.’

While many of the guests at the dinner, which included fellow Spice Girls Geri Horner, 53, and Mel C, 52, All Saints star Nicole Appleton, 51, Holly Willoughby, 44, and Leigh Francis, 52, stayed on site at the main Farmhouse, others travelled in for the evening.

The house, which sleeps 14, costs upwards of £5,000 a night and comes with seven en-suite bathrooms, a kitchen, garden and dining room.

Others who came for the evening were met by a milk float at the entrance, which drove them straight up to the party.

The Beckhams, who live down the road and are regulars at the exclusive members-only venue, are believed to have made their own way into the party so as not to have been spotted.

The friends and family dinner, which included Emma’s husband Jade Jones, 46, their children Beau, 18, and Tate, 14, and her mother Pauline, was hosted in the venue’s Glasshouse – a private event space made of steel and glass.

Ahead of the event, a long table was set up with 30 seats and decorated with brightly-coloured floral arrangements and candles.

Despite the pared-back and carefully-selected guestlist, the party certainly wasn’t a sedate affair, with a free bar and free-flowing Picantes – a staple Soho House cocktail made of tequila, agave nectar, lime juice, coriander and chili peppers.

Chants of ‘Baby’s celebrating 50’ could be heard and a live DJ set up after dinner so that guests could hit the dancefloor.

David Beckham commented on his wife’s post, gushing: ‘This made me so happy. I can only imagine how the spice girls fans feel’

Many of the guests at the dinner, which included Holly Willoughby, 44, (pictured previously with close friend Emma) stayed on site at the main Farmhouse

The friends and family dinner, which included Emma’s husband Jade Jones, 46, their children Beau, 18, (pictured) and Tate, 14, and her mother Pauline, was hosted in the Glasshouse

Standing steadfastly by their friends and by their work commitments, Sir David was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland the day after his son launched a blistering attack

While their parents were partying in the Cotswolds, Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 20, (pictured) were in Paris with their girlfriends Kim Turnbull, 30, and Jackie Apostel, 24

Romeo hit the catwalk for the Willy Chavarria fashion show

Musician Cruz is gearing up for his first tour and has been public in his support of his mother, VIctoria

The party in the Glasshouse wound down around 1am and some of the group burst out singing You and Me Song by The Wannadies, which was released in 1994.

While those who were staying off-site headed home, others continued the celebrations in their own cottages.

It may have been a party to celebrate to Emma – living up to her Baby Spice nickname in a pale pink trousers suit and with her blonde hair long and straight – but it was also a showing of support for Victoria and Victoria for her friends.

The designer shared the image of herself with Emma, Mel C and Geri, to her Instagram account – her first proper post since Brooklyn’s statement – wishing a happy birthday ‘to the most beautiful soul.’

And tagging Mel and Geri – Mel B notably absent – Victoria, wearing a chic but understated black trouser suit and white camisole, said: ‘I love you girls so much.’

They reposted the picture and shared Victoria’s sentiments; a very public display of their loyalty and long-lasting bond some 30 years after their rise to fame.

For his part, Sir David, 50, commented underneath: ‘This made me so happy. I can only imagine how Spice Girls fans must feel. Special night celebrating Emma.’

All Saints star Nicole said she ‘loved seeing you all,’ while Holly said it had been ‘such a beautiful night’ with ‘so much love in the room.’

Standing steadfastly by their friends and by their work commitments, Sir David was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland the day after his son launched a blistering attack on his parents in a six-page statement.

The humiliating post accused his parents of prioritising ‘Brand Beckham’ over all else and his mother of ‘hijacking’ his and his wife’s first dance at their 2022 wedding and dancing with him ‘inappropriately.’

He went on to accuse them of ‘disrespecting’ his wife and being concerned with ‘promotion and endorsements above all else.’

He slammed the ‘performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships’ that had been a ‘fixture of the life I was born into.’

Brooklyn Beckham’s statement in full

I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.

I do not want to reconcile with my family. I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.

Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.

My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn’t stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola’s dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.

Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.

They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.

During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me “evil” because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola’s Naunni at our table, because they both didn’t have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.

The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was “not blood” and “not family.” Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I’ve received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.

Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer.

My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.

She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.

My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.

Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad’s birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.

When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.

My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family “love” is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it’s at the expense of our professional obligations.

We’ve gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show ‘our perfect family.’ But the one time my wife asked for my mum’s support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.

The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.

I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.

Victoria, meanwhile, made sure she was there in person to celebrate Emma’s milestone birthday, proving her determination in honouring her commitments.

While their parents were partying in the Cotswolds, Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 20, were in Paris with their girlfriends Kim Turnbull, 30, and Jackie Apostel, 24, where they spent time as a foursome.

The two couples appeared to be closer than ever and putting on a united front as they all celebrated Romeo’s appearance at the Willy Chavarria fashion show, in which he appeared as a model.

They all went out for dinner at Kaspia restaurant on Saturday night and then went for breakfast together again the next morning.

Musician Cruz, who is gearing up for his first tour, shared a series of images on Instagram, including one which features his mother Victoria carrying him when he was a baby – a clear show of support.

They might still be navigating the public fallout of their private feud, but it seems certain that nothing will keep the Beckhams away from the lives they have created for themselves from the ground up, and the people that have helped get them there.