United Kingdom, April 22 -- Geri Halliwell-Horner "did fencing lessons" for her young adult novel series.

The 52-year-old star wanted to get a taste of the swordfighting sport so she could "authentically" describe what it was like to hold the piece of equipment in her latest novel, 'Rosie Frost: Ice on Fire'.

She told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "I actually did fencing lessons because there are two scenes in it where she is fencing, and I thought, 'I've got no idea how to carry this.'

"I got this man to teach me because I thought, 'How can I describe that authentically if I don't know how to do it?'"

The New York Times bestselling author's latest book is a follow-up to her 2023 novel 'Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen', and it ...