Seal: 'My father used to beat me'

Seal endured regular beatings from his violent father throughout his childhood - but is grateful to his dad for showing him how not to behave as a parent.

The 'Kiss from a Rose' singer - who has two sons and an adopted daughter with his supermodel wife Heidi Klum - has learned to forgive his father for his abusive ways and insists his difficult upbringing has taught him a valuable lesson.