Robbie 'will join Take That in two years'

Robbie Williams has announced that a full Take That reunion will only happen in two years' time.

The 'Bodies' singer, who quit the group in 1995 to launch a solo career, confirmed that he would eventually like to rejoin his old bandmates.

"It will happen. But not in the next 18 months, two years," he told GQ. "There's contracts to fulfil. And then I can do what I want."

The 35-year-old claimed that a meeting with the band in Los Angeles last year was a significant moment in repairing their relationship.

"We all had a massive chat, one of those chats that other bands who split up can't seem to have," he said.

"It was really healing, if that doesn't sound too nancy. And at the end of it everything had gone and we were in the kitchen and I'd got my arm round Gary. I just loved him. I think he felt the same way. It was really beautiful."

Williams releases new single 'Bodies' on October 12. His album Reality Killed The Video Star follows on November 9.