THE toyboy husband of Phil Collins’ ex-wife claims that he bonded with the veteran rocker over a shared interest in World War Two.
Thomas Bates, 31, said he chatted about European history with the Genesis singer, 70, on the first of three times that they met.
Thomas, who married Orianne, 47, last August after a four-month romance, said he believed A Groovy Kind Of Love star Collins knew by then he was dating her.
The Sun told yesterday how Orianne felt trapped by drummer Collins when he fell into a booze-fuelled depression. She and Thomas moved to a £4million home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after Collins took her to court to force her out of his £30million Miami mansion.
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