Geri Halliwell ‘relieved and elated’ after Christian Horner cleared

Geri Halliwell is ‘relieved and elated’ after her husband Christian Horner was cleared yesterday of improper behaviour following an investigation into the Red Bull staff principal.

The 50-year-old had been positioned on the centre of an inside probe following an accusation that he had acted inappropriately in direction of a feminine worker.

Former Spice Girl Halliwell, who shares seven-year-old son Monty with Horner, has stood resolutely by her husband all through the allegations, which he all the time denied.

A pal beforehand revealed to MailOn-line that the 51-year-old ex-popstar was ‘devastated’ by the allegations made towards her husband, whom she married at a star-studded wedding ceremony in 2015.

But now she is claimed to be delighted as her ‘rock stable’ help of Horner was rewarded by the probe clearing him of any wrongdoing – though the feminine worker who raised the grievance might but attraction the choice.

A supply near the couple stated the previous couple of weeks had been ‘hell for Christian and his household’ and he had all the time branded the claims as being ‘nuts’.

They informed The Sun: ‘An exhaustive investigation has been carried out and the allegations have confirmed to be nonsense.

‘Geri has been rock stable behind Christian – and his complete household is relieved and elated that it is over. 

‘Those emotions are there however nobody near Christian appears like celebrating a lot after what he is been by means of.’

The intense highlight on Horner is claimed to have affected the couple’s dwelling life, which they cut up between their farmhouse (and stables) in Oxfordshire and a house in North London.

And though Horner informed reporters at Red Bull’s new automobile launch that his spouse and household had been ‘very supportive’, sources beforehand informed Mail+ that Halliwell was ‘flattened’ by the scandal.

‘Geri is devastated and has been struggling to eat and sleep. Her household and fellow Spice Girls are apprehensive about her,’ the supply stated final week forward of Horner being cleared. 

‘I hear Christian is making an attempt to pep her as much as keep constructive, however she has gone to floor in the way in which she did after she left the Spice Girls. She’s not chatting with anybody.’ 

Halliwell will little question be relieved to see her husband cleared of any wrongdoing on Wednesday.

Horner had emphatically denied the declare and the Red Bull boss, who arrived in Bahrain yesterday forward of this weekend’s opening race of the Formula One season, will keep on as staff principal of the British staff. 

Announcing the choice on Wednesday, the staff’s dad or mum firm, Red Bull GmbH in Salzburg, stated: ‘The unbiased investigation into the allegations made towards Mr Horner is full, and Red Bull can verify that the grievance has been dismissed.

‘The complainant has a proper of attraction. Red Bull is assured that the investigation has been honest, rigorous and neutral.

‘The investigation report is confidential and comprises the non-public info of the events and third events who assisted within the investigation, and due to this fact we is not going to be commenting additional out of respect for all involved. Red Bull will proceed striving to fulfill the best office requirements.’

Halliwell and Horner blended in social circles earlier than they struck up a romance, having first met one another on the Monaco Grand Prix in 2009. 

‘[Geri] was a visitor of [former CEO of the Formula One Group] Bernie Ecclestone’s in Monaco one yr and got here down the pit lane,’ Horner beforehand informed The Telegraph. ‘I keep in mind [McLaren boss] Ron Dennis was standing subsequent to me and Eddie Jordan was there as effectively.

‘She gave Ron a kiss on the cheek, and he or she gave Eddie a kiss on the cheek. So I assumed, ‘OK, I’m on for a kiss on the cheek right here!’ And I went to present her one and he or she shoved her hand out at me.’

The couple’s relationship got here beneath fireplace after the Red Bull chief left his long-term associate Beverley Allen six months after the start of their daughter, Olivia.

The pair are stated to have briefly cut up whereas he tried to rescue his 14-year relationship with Ms Allen.

Ms Allen had been by his aspect all through his astonishing ascent whereas he acted as a stepfather to her two sons from a earlier relationship, Kieron and Liam.

Nine months after they started courting, Ginger Spice and Horner introduced their engagement in an commercial in The Times in 2014.

It stated: ‘The engagement is introduced between Christian, son of Mr and Mrs G.M. Horner and Geraldine, daughter of the late Mr L.F. Halliwell and Mrs A Parkinson.’

Afterwards Halliwell wrote on X, previously Twitter: ‘Christian and I are delighted to announce that we’re engaged! We’re each very glad.’

The former Spice Girl and Red Bull boss tied the knot at St Mary’s Church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, in 2015.

Halliwell’s A-line lace bridal robe was designed by British designer Phillipa Lepley.

Her nine-year-old daughter, Bluebell, whom she had with screenwriter Sacha Gervasi in 2005, additionally attended the marriage.  

Guests included Geri’s former Spice Girls co-star Emma Bunton, radio presenter and singer Myleene Klass, and TV presenter Amanda Holden.

Christian’s dad and mom had been reportedly left devastated when the sporting skilled left Ms Allen to be with the chart-topping star and due to this fact selected to not see the duo tie the knot.

A supply near the couple beforehand stated: ‘Geri and Christian are disenchanted that his dad and mom aren’t coming.’

Halliwell has beforehand admitted that she felt ‘lonely’ when elevating Bluebell as a single mom.

She stated she finds ‘compromising a problem’ when elevating Monty together with her ‘loving’ husband Christian as a result of her previous expertise. 

Joining Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast, the Spice Girl drew on her ‘very totally different set-ups’ of elevating each her kids.

She defined whereas she wanted ‘broad shoulders’ to boost Bluebell as a single dad or mum, she later struggled when ‘studying the best way to be a staff.’

Halliwell stated: ‘I’ve skilled each and I can inform you that, yeah I had my mum to assist me with Blue. So I’m very grateful. And her granddad is beautiful so it was a improbable function mannequin for her.

‘He takes her to soccer, which is wonderful and I feel you understand, they each have their blessings and challenges.

‘Being a single dad or mum, mom you do not have to reply to anybody, however it’s all on you. And that may be fairly nerve-racking and it’s a must to be accountable. All the duties are on you in each approach.

‘Broad shoulders are wanted and generally it is lonely. So I’ve skilled that. And then, you understand, having the blessing of getting a stunning husband or associate, which I’ve skilled. That’s wonderful.

‘So it is not all on you, however then you have to compromise, we would have, you understand, we’re all totally different in the way in which we predict issues needs to be completed. So studying to be a staff, which has been a problem for me.’

Halliwell has seen her husband’s Red Bull staff win three consecutive drivers’ championships in as a few years.

Red Bull have gained seven drivers’ championships and 6 constructors championships beneath Horner. 

Last season, Red Bull gained 21 of the 22 races on the calendar as Max Verstappen claimed the drivers’ title.

Horner celebrated his fiftieth birthday in December, with stars in attendance together with Ronnie Wood and Sir Rod Stewart.

Take That singer Gary Barlow was additionally seen tapping away on the piano as the remainder of the visitors serenaded him with choruses of glad birthday, whereas R&B singer Jade Jones was seen posing for an image with the Red Bull chief.

Horner was additionally introduced with a three-tier birthday cake which learn ‘World Champion’.

The allegations towards Horner had been made by an in depth colleague, with Red Bull GmbH in Salzburg, confirming an inside probe had been launched on February 5.

They appointed a London KC to steer the inquiry. He heard 60 hours of proof, together with no less than eight hours from Horner in a single day, earlier than producing the essential 150-page report that went earlier than the broader firm’s board on Wednesday.

Horner was awaiting their adjudication as he took his non-public jet on the three,000-mile journey from the UK to Bahrain for the opening race of the season this Saturday.

He was stated to be in good spirits because the day developed, hoping his identify could be cleared on touchdown within the Gulf kingdom this afternoon. He didn’t flip up on the paddock.

During the interior probe, he continued to be current for official Red Bull actions – together with the brand new automobile launch in Milton Keynes earlier this month, and likewise pre-season testing in Bahrain final week.

Asked whether or not he had thought-about quickly stepping apart till the conclusion, Horner burdened it was ‘enterprise as traditional’.

He stated: ‘Obviously, I absolutely deny any accusations which have been made towards me, however in fact I’ll work with that course of, which I hope is concluded within the close to future.’

Horner has been Red Bull staff principal since they entered F1 19 years in the past and is the longest-serving boss on the grid.

Under Horner’s management, he has overseen seven drivers’ world championships and 6 constructors’ titles on the British-based F1 staff.

Red Bull have dominated the game in latest seasons and final yr gained 21 of the 22 races – with Dutch driver Max Verstappen setting a brand new report for 10 consecutive victories.

Addressing the controversy surrounding Horner, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton stated on Wednesday: ‘We all the time should do extra to attempt to make the game and the atmosphere for folks to work in really feel protected and inclusive.

‘Any allegations should be taken very critically. We do not know the whole lot that has gone on however it must be resolved as a result of it’s hanging over the game.

‘It shall be attention-grabbing to see how it’s handled, and the impact that it could or could not have on the game shifting ahead.

‘It is a extremely necessary second for the game to be sure that we stand true to our values.’

Horner was awarded a CBE for his providers to motorsport within the New Year Honours checklist.

He is because of be within the paddock on Thursday for follow forward of Saturday’s opening spherical.

Verstappen, the favorite to win a fourth successive title, stated earlier than affirmation that Horner had been cleared of any wrongdoing: ‘He (Horner) is essential in any other case he would not have been in that place for such a very long time.

‘If your staff boss disappears for one or two races, for no matter motive, not a lot goes to occur as a result of everyone is of their function.

‘Then issues will begin to be totally different if one of many leaders shouldn’t be there anymore, however we’re not considering like that.

‘We belief the method and we’ve got to see what the end result shall be. Besides that, everybody is targeted on what occurs on observe and we’re in an excellent temper to get going once more.’