Mel B and Husband Rory McPhee's Relationship Timeline

Melanie “Mel B” Brown and her husband, Rory McPhee, started out as friends before their romance blossomed.

“Leaving that 10-year relationship, I was not looking to be in another. I was all about my kids, making sure they [were] OK and on their healing journey,” Brown exclusively told Us Weekly in a May 2025 cover story. “Rory, a lovely family friend, is a hairdresser, so he was nurturing my curls back. When I left my ex, I cut my hair off and dyed it blonde. I wanted to get rid of anything that made me think of [the relationship].”

According to the former Spice Girl, McPhee nurtured both her natural curls and her “belief in love again.”

“Up until two years ago, I was like, ‘You can find somebody else. I’m too broken,” Brown told Us. “Rory goes, ‘Melanie, I’m not going anywhere. Because I absolutely love you.’”

Brown, who tied the knot with the hairstylist in July 2025, has been married twice before. She was married to Jimmy Gulzar from 1998 to 2000 and Stephen Belafonte from 2007 to 2017. (Mel shares daughter Phoenix with Gulzar, daughter Angel with Eddie Murphy and daughter Madison with Belafonte.)

Keep scrolling for Brown and McPhee’s full relationship timeline:

2019

Once Brown started dating McPhee, she realized how “special” he is.

“He’s a very confident man, and that, to me, is a man,” Brown gushed to Us in 2025. “He makes me feel so safe — I didn’t realize how unsafe I felt because that became normal to me. Whereas now I have to pinch myself and go, ‘You are so kind. Are you still going to be kind? Can I marry you? Can I trust my own instincts?’ And you can.”

2022

After three years of dating, McPhee popped the question during a vacation in Berkshire, England.

“There were rose petals everywhere, a log fire, a hotel — which was [the luxury hotel] Cliveden,” Brown recalled on an October episode of Gogglebox. “It was very romantic. I love flowers.”

She added, “He said, ‘I love you, you’re my best friend and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.’”

April 2024

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McPhee accompanied Brown to her former Spice Girls bandmate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party in London. While Brown sizzled in a red gown, McPhee opted for a classic tuxedo.

May 2025

To celebrate Brown’s own 50th birthday, McPhee shared a gushing social media tribute.

“50 my love never looked finer. Sooo many exciting things this year, but today is all about you,” he wrote. “Happy birthday. I love you soooo much.”

July 2025

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Brown and McPhee got married on July 6 at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.

“MARRIED ,” they captioned a joint Instagram photo from the ceremony.