Geri Horner has spoken candidly about the early days of her relationship with husband Christian Horner.
The former Spice Girl, 51, married the 49-year-old team president of the Red Bull Formula One team, in 2015 and welcomed a son, Monty, two years later.
Horner was already a mother to daughter Bluebell, 17, following a relationship with filmmaker Sacha Gervasi. She and Gervasi split before Bluebell was born and she raised her primarily as a single mother.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Lift Me Up hit-maker describes herself as a “late developer” when it came to seeking a deep romantic relationship, after finally feeling satisfied being herself in her late thirties.
Admitting that she had initially been “quite grumpy” when she first met her husband-to-be, she told the publication: “The brilliant thing was I was just, like: this is me.
“I’m not going to hold myself in in a Hervé Léger dress. I was quite grumpy to Christian, actually, and my sillier self came out. I was just real.”
She then went on to explain that despite her needing to adjust to having Christian in her life after years of being single, it became a “really loving relationship”.
“We’re best friends,” she added. “And I went to an all-girls school – I didn’t know I could be best friends with a man.”
