Non-power couple Kit Harington and Rose Leslie: 'The ultimate aristocratic love story'
And to think, it all started in a cave. Rose Leslie, who graces the cover of Tatler’s July issue, fell in love with her husband, Kit Harington, while the pair were filming Game of Thrones. Amid the sex and slaughter of the Seven Kingdoms, the love story of Ygritte, a wild woman from ‘beyond the wall’ and moody hero Jon Snow was one of the only real romances in the famously cruel television series. Naturally, after three seasons of cavern-based coitus, their all-too-brief relationship ended with an arrow in Ygritte’s back. That was that for Rose and Kit’s characters, but fortunately enough, a real-life love had blossomed behind the camera, and over a decade (and two children) later, the pair are happily married.
Granted, they didn’t quite meet on set. ‘We had known each other before we started working together on Game of Thrones,’ Leslie once told PEOPLE, ‘It was always such a privilege to be working opposite him and such a blessing that we get on in real life because it made our characters more believable.’ How did the pair originally cross paths? Perhaps some meeting of the Scottish aristocracy. Rose Leslie claims heritage from two of the country’s most storied clans. Her father, Sebastian Arbuthnot-Leslie, is the chieftain of Clan Leslie’s Aberdeenshire branch, while her mother, Candida, can trace her family tree back to Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat, and through him all the way back to King Charles II. As for Kit, he is the son of Sir David Harington, 15th Baronet, through whom he is related to King James I.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 3, 2025 3:27 PM
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Gorgeous couple. I know Rose as Gwen on Downton Abbey. Didn't realize she's posh in real life.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 29, 2025 8:49 PM
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 29, 2025 8:50 PM
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R1 nearly all British actors are posh these days
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 29, 2025 10:17 PM
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Her characters are all so gruff and butchy.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 29, 2025 10:24 PM
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I hate how she ALWAYS plays common
She makes Helena Bonham Carter look like a fishwife
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 29, 2025 10:53 PM
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...He is a quite-fuckable snack though...
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 29, 2025 10:55 PM
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He’s straight? What a waste of an ass.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 29, 2025 11:01 PM
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I'm kind of surprised these two crazy kids are still together, particularly after his passed out a hooker pictures.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 29, 2025 11:10 PM
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Her character in The Good Fight was completely pointless.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 29, 2025 11:12 PM
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He does has a magnificent ass and not afraid to show it.
I also like that he is not averse to tale risks in his choice of roles, instead of either romcoms, action figures or oscar bait.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 29, 2025 11:19 PM
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He looked great in Industry.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 3, 2025 2:24 PM
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He looked short in Industry. Which I don't mind because I'm also on the shorter side, I'm just annoyed with all the camera tricks they pulled in GoT to make him appear much taller than he is.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 3, 2025 2:34 PM
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I doubt he's packing, he's four feet tall. But he more than makes up for it with that rump.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 3, 2025 2:35 PM
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I like them. Also love that yellow gown on her in OP’s photo.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 3, 2025 2:45 PM
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I like her - he seems like a mess with addictions and such.
I've never found him attractive. He's one of those guys who always looks to me as if he has bad hygiene.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 3, 2025 2:50 PM
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If she was American she’d be Magat
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 3, 2025 3:03 PM
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I always remember this scene with her, a brief one later in the run, but it shows both Barrow and Lady Mary with egg on their face after their usual cunting.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 3, 2025 3:21 PM
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I thought she was good in the recent BBC series Miss Austen.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 3, 2025 3:27 PM
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