They were the biggest British band since The Beatles. But on July 17, 1995, one member decided that all the attention, fame and glory was simply too much.
Robbie Williams made the on-the-spot decision to leave the rehearsal room, the world tour and Take That. So, after three years of hard graft, he found himself being driven home alone.
His departure was such a shock that it made headlines around the world. Hundreds of thousands of fans were so distraught that the Samaritans set up dedicated suicide helplines, and teen magazines were besieged with calls.
Robbie has since said he was brimming with misplaced hostility for bandmate Gary Barlow but his real bogeyman was manager Nigel Martin-Smith.
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