Kate Winslet will "never forget" escaping the fire that destroyed Sir Richard Branson's Caribbean home.
The Titanic actress - who carried the Virgin businessman's 90-year-old mother Eve to safety from the blaze, which took place on Necker Island in the early hours of Monday - is "so glad" none of
the 20 guests in the Great House, which included her boyfriend Louis Dowler, and two children Mia, 10, and seven-year-old Joe, were hurt.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I'm just so glad that everyone is safe. And this very easily could not have been the case.
"I will never forget Richard placing his arms around both my children as we were watching the flames, and saying, 'At the end of the day, what you realise is that all that matters is the people that you love. Everything else is just stuff. And none of that stuff matters.' "
Richard's 29-year-old daughter Holly - who is due to get married on Necker Island in December - was in the house when the fire broke out as a result of a lightning strike during Hurricane Irene.
