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"Stella's Hideaway" by Bruce Weber for Vogue October 2010

“We planted a million trees here,” McCartney adds. “We’ve made another Eden.” The couple, who were married in 2003, were helped in this mission by their wedding guests, who were bidden to give trees in lieu of more conventional presents. From these they created a heart-shaped copse. Gwyneth Paltrow gave copper beeches. American relatives gave redwoods. Valentino and Tom Ford each grandly sent allées of linden trees from Germany.

"Siobhan Finnigan, London, 1998" by Tim Walker

"I went to a florist's in Fulham having scraped together enough money for a big bunch, but it wasn't quite big enough so we increased it with leaves, grasses and other weeds from a park in Putney."

"The two things I've been told most often since my career took off — by taxi drivers, lifelong friends and everyone in between — have been: 'Don't ever change, Margot' and 'You can't do that anymore, Margot.' You can't jump in the pool with your clothes on; you can't stay in hostels; you can't act like that. So I shouldn't change, but I can't be myself?"

"These past two years, I've stopped having to remind myself to be present, which has been the greatest gift. Because I know it's so fleeting. I'll kick my ass later on if I don't enjoy it right now. But it does make you realize that so much of the joy of it is the journey. The struggle is such a lovely part of it."