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The Spice Girls' 'Wannabe' turns 20 this week and to mark the momentous occasion, Emma Bunton has visited THOSE steps from the classic video.

While she was there, the artist formerly known as Baby Spice spoke to Grazia Magazine about Geri leaving the band and a whole lot more beside.

"I was so close to Geri - she was like my older sister," Emma said of Ginger's shock departure.

"I didn't think anything other than, 'Oh, I'm going to miss my friend who looks after me!' It took me a while to forgive her. We probably didn't speak for about a year."

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Emma revealed that Virgin Records originally wasn't that keen on the song that would launch a phenomenon.

"Geri mentioned the other day that, right at the beginning, Virgin were saying they weren't sure if 'Wannabe' should be the first single.

"And Geri and me were like, 'It absolutely will'."

And what about THOSE rumours of Emma and Justin Timberlake having a fling way back when. Would she finally confirm all the tittle-tattle?

"I'm going to have to say no comment."

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Spoilsport.

But she did speak about pop legend Prince, who was a surprise fan of the '90s girl group.

"It never became normal doing those kind of things, we always really appreciated it," she said of the mad times.

"There were so many moments, meeting Madonna, my mum going to get a tattoo with the Red Hot Chili Peppers - bizarre!

"Prince came to a show and then came backstage and said, 'I've just watched your show, you sang live, I'm so proud of you!'"