Ginger Spice is known for her demands - she once cleared an entire floor of the $250-a-night Hilton Hotel so she could avoid bumping into the pop group Steps.

And when performing for British troops in the Middle East, the pop star demanded air-conditioned tents, a fridge in her makeshift dressing room in the desert - full of soya milk and fruit juice - irons, ironing boards, clothes racks and a computer with full internet access.