Melanie C claims she was 'banned' from dating while Spice Girls pals had relationships

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Spice Girls.The superstar who shot to fame with the iconic girl group conquered the world with their message of girl power and standing up for equal rights but it doesn't seem as though this was the case within the band.Melanie, 48, who recently released her debut memoir Who I Am left no stone unturned as she dug up the past, something she has previously admitted she was nervous about doing.READ MORE: Spice Girls forced to pull out of Queen's Jubilee concert months before deathSince finding fame, each of the girls have had high-profile relationships but Melanie claims she couldn't do this when they were starting out.Speaking on Australia's The Project, she said: "Looking back what struck me was it was one rule for one and another for the others, right?"I think when you are vulnerable as well, people go, I don't think it's good for you."The I Turn To You hitmaker went on to claim that the rule for her bandmates was "she is fine, she can have a boyfriend, she can cope with having a boyfriend, she is strong enough but you are not." "It makes you question yourself when you are already vulnerable," she added.Elsewhere, Melanie revealed that Robbie Williams hasn't read her autobiography which documents part of their romance back in 1997.The singer said: "He has apologised to me and a lot of water has gone under the bridge and we're absolutely fine and have been for many, many years."Melanie recently revealed that she was almost booted out of the chart-mauling group after telling Victoria Beckham to "f**k off" after the 1996 BRIT Awards.Writing in her memoir, Sporty Spice penned: "From the minute of me getting the flyer (in 1994) for the audition, being in the band was everything I'd ever dreamt of."So any kind of criticism, or.