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Britney And Justin A LOVE STORY  Smash Hits Magazine (Australia) July 2002

Love Timeline
MARCH 1999
Britney and Justin get together after bumping into each other at a radio station for the first time in four years.

DECEMBER 1999
They split, and Britney is rumoured to be dating Robbie Carrico of American teen band Boyz 'N' Girlz Utd. He accompanies her to her 18th birthday party.

APRIL 2000
The love birds are reunited and are seen sporting matching Cartier rings.

OCTOBER 2000
Britney's spotted snogging Ben Affleck in a Hollywood nightclub. The evening reportedly ends yp with a raunchy game of strip poker.

DECEMBER 2000
Justin moves into her $9 million mansion.

FEBRUARY 2002
Britney gets smoochy with model Bryce Durand in the Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know video, infuriating both her mum and Justin.

EARLY MARCH 2001
Britney is advised to stop trying to contact Prince William by Palace officials, who pull the plug on their planned dinner date.

LATE MARCH 2001
She storms out of an LA club after a scantily clad blonde tries to chat up Justin. Brit fumed, "Some bimbo wouldn't leave Justin alone!"

JULY 2001
Britney is seen canoodling with millionaire Justin Murdoch, nicknamed the pineapple hunk, in the bar of a LA hotel.

SEPTEMBER 2001
Britney starts filming for Crossroads. Scenes include her stripping off to her undies and snogging handsome co-star Anson Mount.

NOVEMBER 2001
Justin retaliates by snogging a brunette in the video for Gone.

DECEMBER 2001
Brit dances with a sexy male stripper at her 20th birthday party.

JANUARY 2002
The couple spend a few weeks skiing in Colorado, partying in New York and sunbathing in Hawaii.

MARCH 11 2002
Rumours run rife that the most glam woman in pop has been dumped.

MARCH 14 2002
As revealed last month in Smash Hits, Justin is spotted hugging dancer Jenna Dewan and a distraught Britney cancels her personal appearances in Europe and flies home to be with her mum.

APRIL 28 2002
On a flight, Justin tells a passenger Britney "lost her virginity a while ago and I should know." He also says the reason they split was cos "she wanted to get married and I didn't."

MAY 20 2002
Justin calls Britney and they sort things out. A tabloid paper quotes Britney saying their love ios "too strong to die" and they "both did the single thing and didn't like it."