Mel C gets Victoria Beckham to plan wedding

Mel C has asked her former Spice Girls bandmate Victoria Beckham to plan her wedding.

Pregnant Mel announced her engagement to boyfriend of six years, Thomas Starr last month and the couple are set to wed in July 2009.

A source told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "Mel and Victoria have become very close since the Spice Girls reunited last year. And she knows that Victoria has the contacts and the ideas to make her big day extra special."

Victoria, 34, has a good track record with high-profile weddings. She previously offered her advice to actress Katie Holmes, who married Tom Cruise in 2006, and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole who wed soccer player Ashley Cole the same year.

Victoria has already made inquiries at St Peter's church, near Liverpool, where Mel – full name Melanie Chisholme – comes from.

She is also said to have asked her fashion designer friend Roberto Cavalli to design the wedding gown.

Mel's other former bandmates – Emma Bunton, Mel B and Geri Halliwell – are also keen to get involved with the wedding.

The source added: "They're all keen to offer advice and assistance. But Mel doesn't feel close enough to the band to ask them to be bridesmaids or maids of honour.

"So she and Victoria have decided all the girls should be invited as guests, rather than giving them special roles."

Mel is expected to give birth in March.