Catherine FitzGerald’s friend has claimed she’s “privately fuming” over those photos of her husband Dominic West kissing Lily James in Rome.
After the actors were papped looking cosy in Italy, Dominic and Catherine shocked the world by putting on a united front outside their home in the Cotswolds on Tuesday morning.
In photos published by The Sun, the 50-year-old kissed his wife outside their family home, and issued a statement which read: “Our marriage is strong and we’re very much still together.”
However, a ‘friend’ has since told MailOnline that Catherine “is privately fuming” over the photos.
“There are some difficult conversations to be had, but those will take place behind closed doors,” they continued.
“For now she was happy to display a show of unity and will always put her family first.”
Another old acquaintance said: “I saw those pictures today. I don’t know what’s going on. Catherine is very direct. There’s no nonsense with her.”
“She’s always been kind and sweet but she doesn’t take crap. I think anyone who knows her would say that. She’s a very cool person. I just hope she’s ok.”
Dominic married the Irish landscape designer back in 2010, and the couple share four children – Dora, 13, Senan, 12, Francis, 11, and Christabel, 7.
Catherine is a member of the FitzGerald dynasty, an Irish royal and aristocratic dynasty that originated in Normandy.
Her father, Desmond FitzGerald, was the last Knight of Glin – and Catherine grew up at her family’s ancestral home, Glin Castle, in County Limerick.
According to reports, Catherine and Dominic bought Glin Castle last year, to rescue it from being sold on.
Lily and Dominic are set to star in Emily Mortimer’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit Of Love for the BBC, which began filming in July.
The three part romantic comedy-drama is being filmed in the Bristol and Bath area of England.
Dominic, 50, is best known for his role as Noah Solloway in the drama The Affair, where he plays a married father-of-three who starts an affair with a younger woman.
