Determined to be bigger, badder and bolder than ex-Take That bandmate Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow once bragged about bedding, "hundreds of girl fans all over the world." As the lead singer of one of the biggest boy bands of the nineties - who were publicly banned from having girlfriends - Gary was like a kid in a sweet shop.
But his carousing came to an abrupt end one night in 1995 when he found himself crammed in the back of a van on the way home from a club with pretty backup dancer Dawn Andrews on his knee.
It was a moment that had been brewing for years. They'd first caught each others' eye when Dawn starred in a video for Gary in 1990, and she'd blushed and struggled to speak backstage at the 1992 Children’s Royal Variety Performance
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