EXCLUSIVE: Kate wants 'quick and clean' divorce

KATE Winslet's estranged husband Jim Threapleton is to cash in on the couple's £800,000 house in a divorce settlement.

The couple's luxury riverside home has been put on the market and actress Kate is expected to let Jim keep the proceeds from the sale in a one-off payment.

She left the converted pumphouse in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, after the collapse of the pair's three-year marriage.

The Titanic star, who also owns property in Cornwall and London, is said to be worth £5.5million.

Last night friends of 26-year-old Jim said he stands to get a £2million settlement.

It is thought the couple, who married in November 1998, did not sign a pre-nuptial agreement.

But a source close to Kate said: "Money will not be an issue. Any settlement will be quick and clean. The emotional wounds will take longer."

Yesterday Kate, 25, confessed she was feeling "shaky" over the split.

Cradling 11-month-old daughter Mia in her arms, she looked emotional and drained. When asked how she was coping she replied: "Not bad."

She then carried Mia to a Jeep outside her flat in Holloway, North London, where she has been staying since the break-up. Her dad Roger said later: "She is all right."

Kate may have ditched her wedding ring, but yesterday it seemed she couldn't put all thoughts of Jim out of her mind.

The actress carried a brass key ring with a big letter J dangling from it.

Last night Jim drowned his sorrows at a bar in London's Notting Hill Gate. Friends have said he is "inconsolable and bewildered".

One worker at the Westbourne pub said: "He wasn't in tears. He was just sitting there looking quite serious, having a few drinks."

Meanwhile, one of Kate's Holloway neighbours told how the couple would row up to three times a week at the flat during Jim's visits. One bust-up ended with glass smashing.

The man, who did not want to be named, said: "It's fair to say they have a fiery marriage.

"You could hear both of them yelling at each other. Occasionally you could hear her swearing in her posh voice.

"I think he's extremely henpecked and was always being told what to do. I feel very sorry for him.

"She's a little bit demanding, well she is a Hollywood star.

"I think she forgets this is Holloway not Hollywood."

Source: The Mirror