Phil Collins Divorce Settlement

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Introduction to Phil Collins Divorce Settlement

Phil Collins from England is best known as a solo artist as well as a vocalist and drummer for Genesis, an English progressive rock group. Besides these, he has performed the role of an actor, keyboardist, songwriter and singer.

Phil Collins married thrice. The details are as follows.

  • With Andrea Bertorelli of Canada from 1975 to 1980
  • With Jill Tavelman from 1984 to 1996
  • With Orianne Cevey from 1999 to 2007

Phil had a 5 year romance with Orianne and later married her. When they met, Orianne was working as a translator. Their wedding was a lavish 3 day affair in Lausanne, Switzerland. Phil was a host of 300 guests including the likes of Eric Clapton and Elton John. The expenses of this wedding were 0.3 million pounds.

This couple has 2 sons named Matthew (aged 4 at the time of divorce) and Nicholas (aged 8 at the time of divorce). On 16th March 2006, both of them declared that they were separated. In January 2007, their divorce was finalized.

Terms of Phil Collins Divorce Settlement

  • Phil paid Orianne 25 million pounds (50 million USD at that time)

This settlement created a record as the largest divorce settlement ever in Britain in a celebrity divorce. It became obvious that Phil had become accustomed to exorbitant breakups. In 1994, when he ended the relationship with Jill Tavelman, he had paid her 17 million pounds (34 million USD). Thus, if these two divorces were combined, then Phil has lost 84 million USD. This total was one third of his estimated fortune of 280 million USD.

The celebrity divorce settlements in Britain that were ranked below the Phil divorce settlement were as follows.

  • 24.3 million pounds: paid by Sir Paul McCartney to Heather Mills
  • 12.5 million pounds: paid by Chris Tarrant to Ingrid
In 2006, a London stockbroker, John Chapman offered a 20 million pound divorce settlement to his wife Beverley. However, she refused to accept it. Finally, John had to settle for 48 million pounds. This was the biggest ever divorce payout when Phil divorced Orianne.

Life post divorce settlement

Phil and Orianne had purchased Jackie Stewart's (a racing driver) residence in Bugnins, Switzerland that was close to Lake Geneva. After the divorce settlement, Orianne continued to live in this mansion. Phil moved to another home close to this mansion. His intention was that he should be close to his sons. After the divorce, Phil divided his time between the residences in Switzerland, New York and Dersingham, Norfolk (this is a holiday home).

In 2008, while speaking to the "People Magazine" Phil said that "Marriage is a difficult proposition. But I haven't given up on it, either." Daily Mirror quoted a music industry source who commented that "Marriage has certainly not come cheap for Phil. He has now made two of the biggest divorce payments in showbiz history. At least no one can accuse him of leaving his ex wives short."

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