Geri Halliwell announces engagement to Formula One team boss

The singer announced her engagement in The Times, a week after Benedict Cumberbatch revealed his engagement in the same newspaper.

17:26 11 November 2014

Former Spice Girls singer Geri Halliwell has announced her engagement to Formula One team principal Christian Horner.

The 42-year-old opted for the traditional approach to announcing the engagement by placing a notice in the newspaper. It comes just a week after Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch did the same.

Halliwell's notice reads: "The engagement is announced between Christian, son of Mr and Mrs GM Horner and Geraldine, daughter of the late Mr LF Halliwell and Mrs A Parkinson."

The date of the wedding is yet to be revealed.

The couple first got together in March and Halliwell has been seen supporting her partner at Formula One races around the world since.

Horner received an OBE last year for this contribution to motorsports.

Other celebrities to have recently revealed their engagements on the newspaper's Births, Deaths and Marriages page include actor Eddie Redmayne to publicist Hannah Bagshawe, and comedian David Mitchell to presenter Victoria Coren.