Phil Collins Waves Goodbye To His Money!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:13 am

The massive settlement beats the £24.3million Paul McCartney
recently handed over to Heather Mills and puts the £12.5million which
Chris Tarrant settled on ex-wife Ingrid in the shade.

Genesis singer Phil, 57, has given the huge cash sum to Swiss beauty
Orianne Cevey, 35, after just six years of marriage and two children.

And it is not the first time Phil has had to give away large chunks of his cash.

In 1994 he gave his second wife Jill Tavelman £17million after famously dumping her by fax.

It means he has now paid out more than £42million almost a third of his £140million fortune.

A music industry source said: "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. When you
compare what he's paid out relative to his own fortune the figures are
enormous."

Orianne even got a much bigger percentage of Phil's fortune than
Heather Mills got from Macca. The divorce payout came to light in the
latest accounts for Phil's personal management company, Philip Collins
Ltd.

He met Orianne on tour when she was just 22 and he was still married to
Jill. They set up home in Geneva and were together for five years
before their lavish three-day wedding in Lausanne with 300 guests
including Elton John and Eric Clapton.

The couple bought racing driver Jackie Stewart's old house in Bugnins,
near Geneva for an estimated £20million but announced they were parting
in 2006.