The defining matrix for Geri Halliwell she has been telling friends is David Bowie. He moved effortlessly in the Seventies from stylised rock star with a seemingly cast-iron image as Ziggy Stardust, to actor by playing the Elephant Man on the Broadway stage and later to brilliant businessman who sold his back catalogue of songs for more than 50 million LST to Wall Street investors.
Only last month, evidence of his pre-eminence and reincarnation was seen when he was invited to a private dinner at Chequers by the Prime Minister.