Dad Gave Me Strength To Quit 'Abusive Marriage. He'd Be Proud

Mel B 'tells ' dead father of MBE

- Tom Bryant

MEL B has visited her father's grave to tell him about getting an MBE for her domestic violence campaign work - five years after he inspired her to leave what she claimed was an abusive marriage.

The singer, 46, revealed she promised dad Martin on his deathbed she would leave husband Stephen Belafonte.

Martin died aged 63 in March 2017 after an eight-year battle with blood cancer myeloma, and Mel got her divorce the following year, going on to campaign for vulnerable women with Women's Aid.