Richard Branson has thanked Kate Winslet for sensationally saving his mother from a fire after a blaze ripped through the Virgin mogul's luxury pad in the Caribbean.
Soon after the incident Branson posted on his blog, writing: "Many thanks to Kate Winslet for helping to carry my 90-year[-old] mum out of the main house to safety."
He then joked: "She was wondering when a director was going to shout 'Cut!'"
The Oscar-winner was among twenty other guests who fled the fire at the Great House on Necker Island, including Branson's 90-year-old mother, Eve, and his 29-year-old daughter, Holly.
He then joked: "She was wondering when a director was going to shout 'Cut!'"
The Oscar-winner was among twenty other guests who fled the fire at the Great House on Necker Island, including Branson's 90-year-old mother, Eve, and his 29-year-old daughter, Holly.
Branson, who was staying with his wife and son in another property 100 yards away said: "Around 20 people were in the house and they all managed to get out and they are all fine."
The 60-year-old, who bought the island in the early 1980s, also said: "We had a bad tropical storm with winds up to 90mph. A big lightning storm came around 4am and hit the house. My son Sam rushed to the house and helped get everyone out. The main house is destroyed and the fire is not yet completely out. My office was based in the house and I have lost thousands of photographs, which is very sad."
He added: "It's very much the Dunkirk spirit here. We want to rebuild the house as soon as we can. We have a wonderful staff here and we want them to stay in work. We'll all stay here for the time being. There's a lot of damage and we won't be able to stick it back together again right away. It was a beautiful house."
Winslet, 35, was staying on the island with her daughter Mia, 10, from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton and her son, Joe, 7, by second husband Sam Mendes, whom she is in the process of divorcing.
via glamour.com
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