Lonely Spice Mel B

The singer confessed she has little in common with her former group - Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell and Mel C - and hasn't kept in touch despite the band's brief reunion last year.

She said: "We are not in touch much and I don't physically see any of the Spice Girls.

"I have a close circle of friends and family that I trust, and I don't let people in easily."

Mel has also spoken out about Victoria, admitting that despite both living in Los Angeles, they keep their distance from each other.

She added to Closer magazine: "Victoria and I are very different. People bracket us together because we live in the same city and we are both interested in fashion. Victoria's fashion line has been very successful and, hopefully, mine will be too. But that is where the similarities begin and end."

Brown was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire to a white English mother, Andrea, and a black Nevisian father, Martin. She has a younger sister named Danielle who is an actress. She studied performing arts at the now famous Intake High School, in Leeds, before entering the entertainment industry.

For a time she worked as a dancer in the holiday resort, Black pool, Lancashire.

After seeing an advertisement for an audition in a newspaper, Brown started her music career in a band known as Touch. The group left the original management team and eventually teamed up with music manager Simon Fuller.

Here, she and the other girls were launched on the world as the Spice Girls. After worldwide success in the group she embarked on a solo music career in 1998.

Her first solo album, with Virgin Records, was a success, including a No.1 hit. In 2005 she released a second solo album which did not attract much attention.

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