Well, yes, in the new long-awaited season Crown – the sixth and apparently the last – will also be Spice Girls. To show the indiscretion, here is a shot from the set, which shows a young actress wrapped in a Union Jack jumpsuit in the same way as she dressed before. Geri Halliwell, along with Dominic West as Prince Charles. As we know, the series about the royal family is a fiction, but there is never a lack of more or less faithful reference to historical reality in the episodes. And also in this case, a reference to an episode that actually happened, which justifies the unexpected presence of a girl band. But let’s go in order.

In the 90s and 2000s there were many meetings between The Royal Family – in particular, Prince Charles – and the Spice Girls, idolized by the crowd of girls, but not only as icons of pop music. One of these meetings in particular sparked much discussion when, on May 9, 1997, on the occasion of the Prince’s Trust concert held that year in Manchester, Elizabeth’s son stopped to chat with Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton. This meeting made headlines because Halliwell, now 50, and Mel B, now 47, showered the then Prince of Wales with kisses, leaving eye-catching lipstick smudges on his cheek.. A goliard trick that shouldn’t have angered Carlo too much, who friendly bonded with the two Spice Girls. The news of her divorce from Diana has now subsided among the subjects, and on the other hand, the princess would have tragically disappeared in just three months, which helps to contextualize an episode that otherwise, in that particular year, would have been clearly out of place.

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This did not relieve Halliwell of accusations of touching the prince’s regal ass during a party. All accusations, which the singer later downplayed in an interview with The Times in 2016: “I didn’t pinch Prince Charles’ ass as reported,” she said. “I petted him. It was against royal protocol to pat him on the butt, but we are all human. There was a lot of energy, a lot of tension, young women, happy antics.” By Ginger Spice Girl’s own admission, there was a touch, but it was an innocent caress, according to the artist, there is nothing to insult or resent, especially in the context of the festive atmosphere of that evening.

26 years have passed since then, but an episode that seemed forgotten will return to the fore in the coming months with The Crown, which never misses an opportunity to insert delicious details and indiscretions into a compelling series that are the reason that makes us love this one so much. a royal epic where reality often surpasses imagination.