Rachael Stirling and husband Guy Garvey have opened up about how their romance, revealing their love story began due to two A-list actors.
The actress, 46, and the Elbow frontman, 50, tied the knot at Manchester Town Hall in June 2016 after a year of dating, and went on to welcome son, Jack, six.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, the couple revealed that they had connected on their first meeting, with Rachael admitting she had been ‘starstruck’ and Guy saying he ‘was drawn to her immediately’.
They met at a wedding in 2015, with Guy revealing it was the nuptials of none other than Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter.
Guy explained he had been friends with the Oscar-nominated actor for four years at the time and that he and Rachael had both been hoping to meet someone at the wedding.
Rachael Stirling and husband Guy Garvey have opened up about how their romance, revealing their love story began due to two A-list actors (pictured together in 2021)
The actress, 46, and the Elbow frontman, 50, tied the knot at Manchester Town Hall in June 2016 after a year of dating, and went on to welcome son, Jack, six (pictured 2017)
Speaking to The Sunday Times , the couple revealed that they had connected on their first meeting, with Rachael admitting she had been ‘starstruck’ and Guy saying he ‘was drawn to her immediately’ (pictured November)
He recalled that Benedict’s Sherlock co-star and Rachael’s pal Andrew Scott helped nudge him and Rachael together, so the pair now call him Cilla Black, after the legendary Blind Date host.
He said: ‘Rachael was friends with the actor Andrew Scott, who was also at the wedding, and when I nipped outside for a smoke it was Andrew who encouraged her to follow me. We still refer to him as our Cilla Black.’
Speaking about the meeting, Rachael added: ‘He was this great, big, handsome, hairy, northern romantic lover of words, a poet, and I might have been slightly over-refreshed.
‘I got my heel caught on a ledge outside, and as I was falling backwards Guy gently but firmly pulled me back up again — all without breaking off his anecdote.’
Rachael also spoke about the relationship that Guy had with her late mother, the legendary actress Diana Rigg.
The James Bond and Game of Thrones star tragically passed away from cancer in 2020 aged 82.
She described the bond her mother and husband shared, especially before her death, which Guy called ‘such a special time’.
Rachael said: ‘Guy was very close to my mother. When we brought her home to die in 2020 he was so generous and welcoming, and I think that my mum fell in love with him a little bit.
They met at a wedding in 2015, with Guy revealing it was the nuptials of none other than Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter (pictured in 2022)
He recalled that Benedict’s Sherlock co-star and Rachael’s pal Andrew Scott (pictured November) helped nudge him and Rachael together, so the pair now call him Cilla Black
‘When the first lockdown lifted and he was able to go back to his studio, she loved the idea of him going off to create. He’d go into her bedroom to say goodbye each morning and she’d say, “I shroud you in the cloak of inspiration. May the gods of poetry visit you.”
‘She’d do this every day until she got weaker and weaker, and at the end she’d just move her hands slowly and say, “Cloakie cloakie.” So that’s what Guy’s home studio is called — Cloakie Cloakie.’
Guy added: ‘Rachael’s mother was amazing. It was a privilege to share the last month of her life. We bonded over words and poetry, a love of the same songwriters.
‘Rachael was running around balancing medicines for her while I got all the lovely chat. It was such a special time.’
Rachael also spoke about the relationship that Guy had with her late mother, the legendary actress Diana Rigg (pictured together in 2017)
The James Bond and Game of Thrones star tragically passed away from cancer in 2020 aged 82, and Guy described the ‘special time’ they spent together (Rachael and Diana in 2014)
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