Spice Girls may reunite to judge Chinese talent show

The source said, “Victoria vowed she would never sing with the girls again, and she won’t. But now they have found a way round that. They will go to China in the spring and do the television show. In terms of money, they’re not doing it for pennies.”

“The plan is that lots of endorsements and other big-money deals will snowball from this. Simon Fuller sees a lot of potential profit in their merchandise, as well as their back catalogue. We are talking millions here.”

The band members — Beckham, Mel B, Emma Bunton, Mel C and Geri Halliwell — have enjoyed mixed financial fortunes.

Formed in 1994, Spice Girls rose to global fame with their debut single “Wannabe” in 1996. Their debut album released in the same year and became the best-selling one by a female group in the history. With sales figures of 85 million records, they are the best-selling female group of all time

As well as Beckham’s losses, Mel B has just emerged from an expensive divorce, while Geri Halliwell’s solo company, Wonderful Productions, has seen its profits collapse from 179,258 pounds in 2014 to just 4,568 pounds last year.