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Robbie is back for good in a £7 million country pile
Bo Wilson30.01.09
ROBBIE WILLIAMS has bought a £7 million country home in Wiltshire.
The former Take That star quit America after more than five years in Los Angeles and is setting up home in Compton Bassett.
His 18th century home, set in 71 acres, has a tennis court, sauna, swimming pool and gym with a large formal garden. It has eight bathrooms, staff accommodation and a hangar for a helicopter.
Williams, 34, is expected to move in within the next few weeks with his girlfriend, American actress Ayda Field, 29.
He has already been seen buying a bike in nearby Swindon but his hope of peace in the country got off to a poor start when he went into the Red Planet Bikes shop and was mobbed by fans to whom he said quietly: "Hello everybody."
His former Take That bandmates successfully reunited in 2006 and are preparing to tour again this year.
Reader views (6)
see you in the white horse
- Andrew, madrid, spain
"He has already been seen buying a bike in nearby Swindon but his hope of peace in the country got off to a poor start when he went into the Red Planet Bikes shop and was mobbed by fans"
And we are all to believe that wasn't a publicity stunt by his PR?
Almost as sad as Janet Jackson's PR hiring a crowd for her entrances and exits!
- Simon Caleb, London, England
Glad to see the 'cheeky Northern scamp', is 'keeping it real'.
See you at Glastonbury Robbie, I'll be squatting in your east wing, it's by the pool.
- Paul, Bromley
Welcome back, Robbie, you're my favourite, and I'm 70! And you are right, Bondy. This time next year we'll be wondering what all the fuss was about. We've been here before under the Conservatives, twice, and we survived. We'll come back bigger and better this time too.
- Val Daniels, Mijas Costa, Spain
Looking at the image at the head of this article I wouldn't mind betting that within months of moving in, Robbie tries to silence the Church bells!
- Burton J Helling, LE HOMMET D'ARTHENAY, FRANCE
Good for him, he can live anywhere in the world he wants.So whether its a tax break, God bless Brown, or whether he really misses the UK, I say right on. When money is no problem and rule Britannia is still the place, I take my hat off. Robbie, I have never bought one of your records and probably never will. But you have convinced me, that maybe the UK is not going to be flushed down the loo as easily as the press thinks.
- Bondy, london
