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"Kate Winslet and her new husband Ned Rocknroll have reportedly been given a free trip to space. The couple - who confirmed their marriage in New York yesterday (December 27) - are said to have been given a Virgin Galactic flight by Rocknroll&amp;#039;s uncle Sir Richard Branson, according to The Sun.   Branson has allegedly given the pair the gift to reward Winslet, after she helped save his mother Eve from a fire at his Necker Island retreat last year. Rocknroll works part-time at Branson&amp;#039;s Virgin Galactic company, which hopes to start launching commercial flights next year. Over 530 people have purchased the \u00C2\u00A3124,000 ($199,909) tickets - including the likes of Russell Brand and Ashton Kutcher - while Professor Stephen Hawking has also been given a free ride by Branson. Branson had previously said of Winslet: &amp;quot;She wants to go into space. I&amp;#039;m not sure she wants to go on a one-way trip to Mars, but she wants to go into space.&amp;quot; The actress and director Sam Mendes divorced in 2010 aft  er seven years of marriage. She was previously married to director Jim Threapleton from 1998 to 2001. Rocknroll, who was born Abel Smith before legally changing his name, split from his previous wife Eliza Cowdray in 2011. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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