Happy 49th birthday Emma Bunton! Victoria Beckham shares sweet throwback while Nicole Appleton posts cute kissing pic as Spice Girls and celebrity pals pay tribute to singer

The Spice Girls and Nicole Appleton led the tributes to Emma Bunton as she celebrated her 49th birthday on Tuesday.

Proving that friendship never ends, Posh Spice aka Victoria Beckham posted a throwback snap  giving Emma a piggy-back in a garden, with the caption, ‘Happy birthday @emmaleebunton!!! Kisses xxx’.

Meanwhile, All Saints star Nicole was also quick to post a throwback, uploading a sweet shot of the pair kissing. 

Melanie Chisholm, 51, famously known as Sporty Spice, shared an emotional compilation video of the pair on Instagram to the Spice Girls hit 2 Become 1. 

The throwbacks saw Mel C and Emma – Baby Spice – performing on stage, embracing one another, laughing on talk shows and taking part in dance routines together.

The Spice Girls, including Victoria Beckham, gave another show of unity as they led the tributes to Emma Bunton who celebrated her 49th birthday on Tuesday

All Saints star Nicole Appleton, 50, also got in on the Birthday wishes with a snap of the duo sharing a cheeky snog

She captioned the clips: ‘Happy Birthday to my darling @emmaleebunton hope you have the most beautiful day and a year full of wonderful opportunities, especially some we can share! Love you to pieces.’ 

Melanie Brown – Scary Spice – also crafted a loving post cementing her friendship with Emma, showing the pair together and having fun.

One snap saw Baby Spice in a pink mini dress and Mel B, 49, in a leopard-print jumpsuit, while another showed Scary Spice making an obscene gesture to the camera as they posed together.

The Instagram post had the caption: ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYY BUNTONNNN we always have most fun when were together. luv youuu.’ 

Geri – known as Ginger Spice – was not too far behind and shared a picture of the duo posing at a promotional event for her book Rosie Frost And The Falcon Queen. 

The caption said: ‘Happy birthday @emmaleebunton wishing you so much love and joy!’

She also posted a throwback of them looking like the best of pals years prior, as rumours swirl of a fall-out between Geri and the group. 

It was noticeable that three hours after the pictures were uploaded, Emma had still not reposted Geri’s tributes.

Melanie Chisholm, 51, famously known as Sporty Spice in a musical setting, shared an emotional compilation video of the pair on Instagram to the Spice Girls hit 2 Become 1

 The throwbacks saw Mel C and Emma – Baby Spice – performing on stage, embracing one another and more

Melanie Brown – Scary Spice – also crafted a loving post cementing her friendship with Emma, showing the pair together and having fun

Geri Horner – known as Ginger Spice – was not too far behind and shared a picture of the duo posing at a promotional event for her book Rosie Frost And The Falcon Queen

Leigh Francis, often known by his character’s name Keith Lemon, also posted a heartfelt tribute to the pop star, showing various clips and pictures of them partying over the years

Reports emerged in November that Ginger Spice, who is married to Red Bull racing chief Christian Horner, backed out of a huge Netflix biopic that would have netted each of the five members £1million each. 

According to The Sun, the streaming service told the band to make up otherwise, much like controversial drama The Crown, it would make the show without any input from the people featured in it.

There was then rumoured to be a bitter fallout between the bandmates over the touted TV biopic. 

These fears were allayed somewhat when Geri joined the rest of the group in wishing Mel C a happy 51st birthday on January 12.

But a Netflix source said earlier this month: ‘Executives are keen to have all the group on board providing as much input as possible – after all they are pop royalty. 

‘Netflix are the organisation who defied the wishes of real royalty and went ahead and made The Crown, so they aren’t afraid to go it alone when they have to.

‘The project is in its very early stages so there’s plenty of time to get all five Spice Girls involved.’

Reports emerged in November that Ginger Spice backed out of a huge Netflix biopic that would have netted each of the five members £1million each

There was then rumoured to be a bitter fallout between the bandmates but these fears were allayed somewhat when Geri joined the rest of the group in wishing Mel C a happy 51st birthday

In November, Geri’s husband Christian was forced to deny claims he was to blame for ‘derailing’ the band’s TV project. 

He told PA: ‘There is a lot being written about different things, but there are absolutely no plans to do a family documentary.

‘Netflix do enough, and you see enough of the behind-the-scenes on that. So where that report has come from, I have absolutely no idea.’

The feud began when Mel confessed she had a lesbian fling with Geri during the band’s nineties heyday on Piers Morgan’s chat show in 2019.