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The businessman believes that the same man fathered all three boys during an intermittent four-year affair his ex-wife Kate, 54, embarked on with a former colleague in the late 1990s, Joel went on: 'Mum and Martin were together for about nine years but split up a few months ago. He's got twins with his ex-wife, they were one when we met them, now they're 10. After the divorce she moved on to a new relationship with Martin Smith, who lived with her in the huge family home overlooking Uttoxeter racecourse in Staffordshire until they recently separated. He's moved on and mum's single and in her own. Mr Mason's ex-wife Kate (pictured) has been ordered to pay him £250,000 following an extraordinary legal case that has allowed her to keep the identity of the real father a secret, Richard Mason is pictured with his current wife, Emma. And she has since revealed she needs more operations because it is an 'aggressive genetic cancer'. 'Myself and my twin Ed agreed, but our elder brother Willem refused. Joel, who is studying Property at Nottingham University, told how he and his family were first made aware that his father had spoken to a Sunday newspaper a few days ago before the article appeared. We were not blood related to him which meant Richard couldn't be our real dad. 'When the story broke I insisted that all the photos of the boys were toddlers. He said: 'That was a fair deal, they [parents] could both give quite compelling arguments and I could see it from both perspectives.'. After divorcing Mr Mason, his ex-wife moved on to a new relationship with Martin Smith (pictured) who is not the boys' (pictured) biological father, until the couple recently separated, Joel said he and his twin brother Ed (right) agreed to a DNA to prove that Mr Mason wasn't their father but their elder brother Willem (left) refused. 'I don't know if I'd call it estranged,' Joel said. In fact, he found out he couldn't have children at all. It was like the world had just fallen away. This was a lie started 23 years ago by Kate. He explained: 'We were shocked and surprised it was all being made public. 'Mum and dad are only talking through lawyers and I assume our natural father, whoever he is, has not made any contact and no doubt even knows we exist.'. Mr Mason was struck with another blow just weeks after his diagnosis when doctors confirmed third wife Emma had breast cancer. Today he appeared on Good Morning Britain to make a heart-wrenching appeal to share a 'cup of tea, six pack of beer and a hug' with the boys he once believed were his own. You suddenly feel this betrayal, this bitterness and sort of anger you can't explain. A doting father for almost two decades, millionaire and founder of MoneySupermarket.com, Richard Mason, 55, had the world pulled from beneath his feet when he found out that his children were never his children. They are my children.'. Mr Mason, 55, pictured with his third wife Emma at their home in north Wales left, and at Good Morning Britain, right, says he wants the boys' real father to come forward to put to be the lie the family has been living for years, Mrs Jones-Mason, right, who has battled breast cancer over the past two years, said her husband's ex 'deserved' the lawsuit, 'But he's still my dad and I'm not going to look for my real one. I felt like on the one hand I had just been told I’d got a terminal illness, but finding out the boys weren’t mine were very very hard. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. At the time I was in the sixth form at school and I thought it was something he was doing just to get money from my mum. He said: 'When Richard was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis he asked us to do blood tests. 'It didn't hurt me because he hadn't been my dad for a few years. His wife Kate later admitted a four-year affair, Mr Mason, 55, pictured with his third wife Emma at their home in north Wales, says he wants the boys' real father to come forward to put to be the lie the family has been living for years. 'At first we questioned it because Richard refused to do a DNA test in front of us or in the court so we thought he was just saying it and had messed with the data. ', He added: 'I haven't asked mum who our real dad is, I'm sure she'd tell me but I don't want to know. But I haven't been speaking to him for a number of years because of his behaviour. It has finally blown up. Here... 'I'm OK… well sort of OK': French F1 ace Romain Grosjean posts video from his hospital bed hours after... How Mossad executed Iran's nuclear chief: Power to the entire region was cut as gun and bomb attack blasted... Former Fulham and Portsmouth midfielder Papa Bouba Diop - one of the heroes of Senegal's run to the World... 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MoneySuperMarket founder Richard Mason, left, appeared on Good Morning Britain today with wife Emma, right, to issue a desperate appeal to two of the three children he once thought were his sons to get back in touch two years after it was revealed he had been tricked by ex-wife Kate into believing he was a father, Millionaire Mr Mason, pictured, fought through tears to beg Joel, 19, and Willem, 23, to reconcile with him over a cup of tea and a six pack of beer. Speaking for the first time in a heart-breaking interview, Joel, 19, told MailOnline: 'I've not fallen out with Mum over this. 'I always thought she was a good mum to them. ', Touching on his fractured relationship with his sons, the impact the court case has had on them and what he would say to them, Mr Mason told the show: 'I would say, 'Boys I haven’t done, anything wrong. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Mr Mason became visibly emotional while being interviewed and struggled to speak through tears. He's a very manipulative man, not the kind of person you want to be with. The Queen pays tribute to the 'wonderful' efforts of Commonwealth volunteers during video call - and is... Tinder? But I haven't been speaking to him for a number of years because of his behaviour. ', Joel Mason (pictured) told MailOnline he still considers Richard to be his father but has a 'difficult relationship' with him. I felt like on the one hand I'd just been told I had a terminal illness, on the other, finding out the boys weren't mine was just very, very hard.'. He said: 'I don't know if I'd call it estranged. Devastated Mr Mason never doubted he was the boys' biological dad until two years ago when he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis - an inherited disease which prevents male sufferers from fathering children naturally. ', He added: 'Martin still lives at the family home but also stays with his mum. 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