Third time lucky: Kate Winslet marries Ned RocknRoll in secret ceremony in New York and Leonardo DiCaprio gives her away

  • Couple wed in intimate ceremony in New York with just a handful of guests
  • Parents were 'were not aware of the nuptials'
  • Third time down the aisle for Kate, and second marriage for divorcee Ned

Kate Winslet has married for the third time in a secret ceremony, to fiancé Ned RocknRoll - the nephew of Sir Richard Branson - in New York.

The 37-year-old actress was given away by her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio at an intimate service in the Big Apple.

The actress's spokesman told MailOnline: 'I can confirm that Kate Winslet married Ned RocknRoll in NY earlier this month in a private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and family.

'The couple had been engaged since the summer.'

Whirlwind romance: Kate and Ned seen at Claridges in March, the pair's romance began after they met at Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island in August 2010

Whirlwind romance: Kate Winslet and new husband Ned RocknRoll seen at Claridges in March, the pairs romance began after they met at Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island in August 2010

The best man: Leonardo DiCaprio gave Kate away in the private ceremony attended by a few friends and the actress's children

The best man: Leonardo DiCaprio gave Kate away in the private ceremony attended by a few friends and the actress's children

Kate has been secretly engaged for some months, and the service is said to have been so private that even Kate's parents weren't  aware she was heading down the aisle again.

The actress's ring which has not been seen yet was designed by  private jeweller Charles Goode of Goode & Son, a friend of both Ned and Kate's.

Ned's father Robert told The Sun: 'It's not something I know of - but nothing would surprise me with those two.'

This is not the first time that Kate has wed in secret in 2003 she married film director Sam Mendes, her second husband, on an island in the Caribbean with just her daughter Mia and three friends. 

The actress split from the Skyfall director, who is the father of her son Joe, in March 2010 and they divorced a year later.

Kate has a daughter Mia, 12, from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton. They split in 2001 after just three years together.

The Titantic actress first met Ned, the nephew of Sir Richard Branson, while on holiday at the Virgin mogul's Necker Island.

At the time she was dating model Louis Dowler who she was on holiday with.

Kate made headlines when she rescued Mr Branson’s mother Eve from a burning building during Hurricane Irene.

Kate has been secretly engaged for some months, and the service is said to have been so private that even her parents weren't aware she was heading down the aisle again

Kate has been secretly engaged for some months, and the service is said to have been so private that even her parents weren't aware she was heading down the aisle again

Among the Bransons was Ned Abel Smith, who changed his surname to ‘RocknRoll’ by deed poll some years ago. The pair apparently hit it off, and soon after were revealed to be a couple.

Ned works for the space-travel branch of the Virgin empire.

At the time a friend said Kate was 'madly in love' with Mr RocknRoll and believed he was 'The One'.

She told Harper's Bazaar: 'I feel that I'm just at the beginning of a new narrative, and it's incredibly exciting.'

Mr RocknRoll has previously been married to multimillionaire Viscount Cowdray’s daughter Eliza, whom he wed in a lavish ceremony in 2009 at Eliza's family's estate in Sussex. However the couple separated in April the following year.

My wife and kids: Ned with Kate, her children Joe and Mia go for a walk in New York

My wife and kids: Ned with Kate, her children Joe and Mia go for a walk in New York

In September 2010 Ned told Eliza he had met 'an amazing woman and she was making him really happy.'

Eliza told The Daily Mail: 'I guess I was surprised he had met someone like Kate. That was a little strange.

'He hadn’t known her before. But he explained he’d met her on Necker in August, during the trip when the house burned down.'

After her marriage to Mendes ended in 2010, Kate told Harper's Bazaar: 'I've had to remind myself to have those moments of being able to have a f***ing good cry, but it did take someone putting their hand on me – a gay male friend, actually, who put his hand on my shoulder and said: "It's OK, you can cry about this, and maybe you should."'

First love: Ned with first wife heiress Eliza Pearson  on their wedding day in 2009, they divorced two years later

First love: Ned with first wife heiress Eliza Pearson  on their wedding day in 2009, they divorced two years later

Former flames: Kate was married to Sam Mendes, her second husband, from 2003-2010
So long ago: Kate married Jim Threapleton in November 1998 at a church ceremony in Reading

The ex-husbands:  Kate married Jim Threapleton in November 1998 at a church ceremony in Reading, the marriage lasted three years and right, with Skyfall director Sam Mendes, to whom she was married for seven years

She added: 'There's no way that I'm going to allow my children to be f***ed up because my marriages haven't worked out.

'I so wish that that wasn't the case, that that hadn't happened in my life, but it has. So I will make the best of it.'

Her first love was fellow actor Stephen Tredre, whom she dated for five years.

She described him as ‘the most important person in my life, next to my family’, but he tragically died of bone cancer aged 34, soon after she finished filming Titanic.

THE LOVES OF KATE WINSLET:

Actress kate Winslet with her ex-partner, 34 year old script writer Stephen Tredre

Stephen Tredre (1991 to 1995)
Kate met writer and actor Stephen Tredre on the set of TV show Dark Season. They split in 1995 after a four-year relationship.

They remained close after their split and when Tredre died of bone cancer in 1997, Kate missed the London premiere of Titanic to be with his family.


Actress kate Winslet with her ex-partner, 34 year old script writer Stephen Tredre

Rufus Sewell (1995)
Kate dated actor Rufus Sewell for three months in 1995, but said the pair had never had a serious relationship.

They later starred together in 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday, alongside Jack Black and Cameron Diaz.

KATE WINSLET & JIM THREAPLETON .... WEDDING RECEPTION HELD AT THE CROOKED BILLET PUB IN STOKE ROW, OXFORDSHIRE.

Jim Threapleton (1997 to 2001)
Kate married Jim Threapleton in 1998 after the couple dated for a year. The down-to-earth pair famously had a bangers-and-mash reception after their wedding ceremony in Reading – but it lasted just three years.

During their marriage, Kate gave birth to daughter Mia with Threapleton in October 2000.

Director Sam Mendes and his wife actress Kate Winslet

Sam Mendes (2001 to 2010)
Kate married film director Sam Mendes in May 2003. The pair welcomed a son together, Joe, in December 2003.

They announced their separation in March 2010.



Kate Winslet and boyfriend Louis Dowler

Louis Dowler (2010)
Kate dated 35-year-old model Louis Dowler for four months last year.

The pair split after Kate apparently realised she wanted to be on her own for a while.

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