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Ritchie Neville shares his 'regret' at breaking teenage sweetheart Billie Piper's heart and reveals the 'really weird' way they first met


The couple met when they were teenagers, having just been thrust into the spotlight with their respective pop careers.

For two years the couple were love's young dream, but it all came crashing down when Ritchie fell victim to a honey trap - being seduced by a Russian beauty while on tour in the country - who subsequently sold her story to the press. Billie previously revealed how finding fame at an early age 'suffocated her' and that she and Ritchie would spend several days locked in her flat, turning her into a 'recluse' (pictured in 1999) Ritchie said 5ive had just 'two days off in two years' while starting out and were paid just £100 each a week (L-R Richie, Scott Robinson, Abz Love, Jason Brown and Sean Conlon)

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