Williams and Gwen bonded over a shared love of poker, and the rocker has been flying her over to Britain from her California home regularly ever since he got the keys to his over $13 million mansion in Wiltshire in January.

'Robbie has really hit it off with Ayda's mum. One of his hobbies is playing poker with a small group of pals including his mate Jonathan Wilkes. Gwen has joined in a few times, and on a couple of occasions Robbie and Gwen have carried on playing into the wee small hours after everyone else went to bed,' said the friend.