GERI HALLIWELL WANTS ANOTHER

Looks as if it is up to Henry Beckwith to give Geri what she really, really wants

Sunday June 12,2011

IN THE absence of another reunion tour, what’s a Spice Girl to do?

Why, think about having another baby, of course. Hence the whispers that Geri Halliwell, who will turn 39 this August, wants to squeeze in (or rather, out) a little brother or sister for her five-year-old daughter Bluebell Madonna.

Geri’s broody pangs have probably been triggered by the productive activity of her fellow band members; Emma Bunton has just had her second child, a son called Tate, while Victoria Beckham is doing her breathing exercises in readiness for the arrival of child number four next month.

The question is, while Ginger Spice may be keen to get down to the process of conception, who will volunteer to provide the male input (so to speak).

In Bluebell’s case, the honour of paternity was granted to Sacha Gervasi, a scriptwriter with whom Gerri had a brief fling. Not that she seemed to appreciate his services as an Italian stallion; she threw away the flowers the bewildered chap had sent her and refused to let him see his daughter when he flew to England shortly after the birth.

What’s a Spice Girl to do?

So it looks as if it is up to Henry Beckwith to gird his loins and give Geri what she really, really wants. Smooth Henry, the Old Etonian son of a property developer, has been stepping out with Miss Halliwell for the past two years, but his roving eye has caused blips in their relationship. So is he up for the task? “Not quite yet,” is the guarded reply from one of his circle.