Robbie Williams says Take That became a power struggle like in Lord of the Flies, before he quit with “a boot full of champagne and a pocket full of cocaine”.
Which, though not advisable, is preferable to Piggy’s narrative arc in William Golding’s classic.
The singer, 48, was engaged in a rift with Gary Barlow over who sang lead vocals, which started at the beginning of the group’s career and joked about their spat during his new retrospective gig of his career.