Gwyneth Paltrow admits she felt lonely in final years of marriage to Chris Martin

Gwyneth Paltrow says it felt “preordained” to have children with Coldplay singer Chris Martin shortly after they met - but confesses she felt “lonely” in the final years of their marriage.

Gwyneth, 52, and frontman Chris, 48, famously announced their split in 2014 on her blog in a post titled Conscious Uncoupling. They had been married for over a decade. In a new podcast chat she was asked how her relationship with Chris was different from others.

And Gwyneth said: "Well, you know, there was just something I don't know. I think there are certain things that kind of have felt preordained in my life. And like my children feel like to me, like the whole reason I'm on this earth." It comes after reports Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are set for new 'goldmine' offer - but could face issue.

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"And so when I met him, there was a very deep thing there. And I couldn't quite put my finger on it because it felt very different than my other relationships. And it's not so much that the relationship itself turned out to be like healthier than my other relationships."

She then added: "It's just that I think I had this deep calling on some level. I knew he was going to be the father of my kids maybe or something. It was a very strong feeling."

Gwyneth then spoke about the time she knew it was right to end the marriage and move on, admitting things went wrong from the age of 38. She was aged 41 when they announced in a statement: "It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate."

The pair met shortly after Gwyneth’s father died in October 2002, and went on to marry in December 2003. They have two children; Apple and Moses. On the Call Her Daddy podcast interview she was asked how she knew when it was time to call an end to marriage.

Gwyneth said: "Well, it was interesting because again, like being so driven by this feeling of the impending children, like I got pregnant really quickly and had our kids in pretty quick succession. And so then you're sort of thrown into like I was like in grief, and then I had Apple and then I had Moses. And then I think you just try to make it work, especially for me, I don't like barely, I think we have one, barely any divorce in our family.

"All of my best friends from elementary school, high school, they're all married to like their college sweetheart. Like I just felt like it was such a failure, and even contemplating us not being together, and I was so worried about it for the kids, and for what it said about me, and it was so hard. And then, you know, I really wanted something very different to what he wanted, and I felt very kind of lonely in the marriage in a lot of ways.

"And I just finally got to the point where I thought like, you know, I need to listen to myself. And so, you know, it wasn't until right after I turned, you know, it was kind of around, it was sort of like around 38, that I started to sense that the marriage wasn't going to last.

"And then I tried really hard for another couple of years. But, you know, I say this all the time because it's true. You get this software upgrade when you turn 40, like you just get an upgrade, like you wake up and your software is fucking upgraded and you're like, wow, this is bizarre, like, I don't care what anybody thinks of me.

"Like, I like myself. Like, you click into this thing and that happens again when you're 50, by the way. And it's so, it's so, it feels like you feel whole. And I just realised, like, I need to not be in this. I need something else. And it's okay if I'm alone and it's okay if I disappoint people. And it's okay if I never find anyone again.

"All the things that you're so worried about, you know, when you're contemplating divorce. And I chose myself. And it's not, when you get married, it's not what you hope for. But it's okay if it's not the right thing anymore, you know? And for me, it really then became about, is it possible to stay a family with this person that I really love?

"And I wanted to minimise the impact on our children, which of course they're impacted and divorce is terrible. And I know it was really hard on them. But I wanted it to be as least, you know, like I wanted to try to figure out a way that Chris and I could stay like real family, which we have."

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