Kate Winslet knew her husband was her soulmate when he rescued her and her daughter from a fire on his uncle Sir Richard Branson’s island.
Kate Winslet knew her husband was her soulmate when he rescued her and her daughter from a fire on his uncle Sir Richard Branson’s island
The mother-of-three ‘Titanic’ actress, 47, married Ned Rocknroll – born Edward Abel Smith – 12 years ago and they has now opened up about how she grew to love him a few days after they met on Sir Richard’s Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands.
Kate was there with her actress daughter Mia, 23, when a storm struck, leading to the house they were staying in catching fire when it was hit by lightning – with Ned helping them escape.
Kate told The Daily Telegraph about the dramatic incident: “It was very clear to me that this was the person I was supposed to follow through life. And I still feel exactly that way now.
“(Ned) looks after everybody. He’s wonderful. We literally do life together, we really do.
“He’s always jumped from project to project, and when I met him he was setting up a music festival.”
The actress also told how she thought Ned’s self-adopted ‘Rocknroll’ surname – which he has now ditched for his original one of Abel Smith – was “brilliant”.
She added: “When someone told me I thought, that’s brilliant, because the funny thing is, he’s not remotely rock and roll.
“He’s Mr Vegan Yoga. He’s just the life and soul. Ned and I, we are real-life optimists.
“When you live with someone who wakes up, opens the curtains, and says, ‘Hello, the world!’ you just think, ‘Yes, I am going to sign up for life’.”
The actress has son Bear, 10, with Ned – and gave him the middle name Blaze in a reference to the fire drama.
Kate had Mia with her first husband Jim Threapleton, 50, and also has son Joe, 20, with her second husband, 59-year-old filmmaker Sam Mendes.
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