Robbie Williams has claimed that he had to pay RCA £1.5m to release him from his Take That record contract after leaving in 1995.

The singer left when he was 19 years old and in a recent interview on BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes, said that he made around “a million or something” during his five years in the band.

Discussing his departure Williams said he was asked to leave early so the others could prove they could make it as ...