Rose Leslie And Kit Harington: What You Don't Know About Their Relationship

Harington's GoT character, Jon Snow, took a vow of celibacy as a brother of the Night's Watch. But Snow's attraction to Leslie's character, Ygritte, was too much for him to handle. Viewers were able to see it all go down when he finally succumbed to temptation in a red-hot scene that was filmed in Belfast, Ireland in 2012, according to Esquire. 

Harington later told Vulture he and Leslie were actually looking forward to filming the tender, intimate moment because of how "beautifully written" it was. Harington told the publication, "I enjoyed it a lot, and it wasn't too awkward. I think Jon's the only one on the show who hasn't had sex yet, it seems to be, so that was nice."

When asked how he prepared to shoot the scene beforehand, he revealed it was his very first time getting frisky in the buff on camera. "So we obviously rehearsed it a few times — fully clothed, mind you!" he said.

Come to find out, it was Leslie's first sex scene, too! She told People magazine that her first foray into on-camera action was "weird," but she knew it had to be done because it was an integral part of their characters' storyline. 

Five years after they became co-stars on GoT, Harington knew it was time to put a ring on the fiery Free Folk woman who had stolen his heart. He talked about all of the details surrounding the proposal on The Jonathan Ross Show. "I did have some plans to do it, I was going to string up some lights in some trees and do all the romantic stuff," he said.

But the day prior to his planned proposal, he decided to spring into action. "We were in the country and we were under this beautiful night sky and had a log fire burning and red wine, and I blew my load early," he said. Umm ... that's an interesting way to describe it, but we catch his drift.

Though they kept the majority of their relationship a secret, they couldn't wait to share their news with the world by printing an adorable, old-school engagement ad in The Times of London.

Perhaps they initially had plans on keeping their relationship strictly professional at first, but the couple reportedly took a liking to each other as soon as Leslie was cast in the HBO show's second season. However, by August 2012, TMZ had acquired pictures of the couple holding hands and looking mighty cozy inside a restaurant in London.

While rumors of a fling were beginning to spread, Leslie told People magazine in June 2014, "Kit is a lovely and funny man, and a dear friend. We had known each other before we started working together on Game of Thrones. It was always such a privilege to be working opposite him and such a blessing that we get on in real life because it made our characters more believable."

It wouldn't be until almost two years later when they would finally make their red carpet debut as a couple when they attended London's Olivier Awards. After the cat was out of the bag, Leslie told The Telegraph how difficult it was to keep their love under wraps, especially as it pertained to their GoT co-stars. "We wouldn't flirt in front of other people [and] we thought that nobody knew, but they did," she said.

Following news of Rose Leslie and Kit Harington's September 2017 engagement, internet sleuths did some digging, and one online user tweeted, "I feel duty bound to reveal that Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are distant cousins. They're both descendants of Charles II." Say what?!

This may sound like an online urban legend that's nothing but hogwash, but there may be some truth behind it. According to Rolling Stone, Harington's family is rumored to be direct descendants of King Charles II. So how does this tie into his relation to Leslie? Well, The Sun cited Leslie's Wikipedia page, which reads, in part, "Her mother is Candida Mary Sibyl 'Candy' Leslie (nee Weld) of Clan Fraser, maternal great-granddaughter of Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat, and descendant of Charles II of England."

So, there you have it. As creepy as it sounds, they may actually have a mutual royal lineage through their relation to King Charles II, if you believe these sources. 

Their onscreen chemistry was electrifying as Jon Snow and Ygritte. But — sorry, fans — their roles on GoT just might be the last time we see this duo work together on set. "I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face. Honestly, I was watching Sliding Doors with her the other day, and there's a bit at the end where John Hannah is pouring his heart out to Gwyneth Paltrow and she's lying dead. I turned to Rose and I said, 'I wouldn't be able to do that with you, because you would piss yourself,'" he told The Times.

All jokes aside, the real reason he doesn't want to to take their romance back to the big or small screen has a lot to do with Leslie's acting prowess. "She's a brilliant actor," he said. "Actually I don't want to work with her because she would just show me up again. That's why."

Hey, we don't blame him.

Considering how Rose Leslie and Kit Harington value their privacy and prefer to remain rather secretive about their relationship, could anyone really be surprised that they have some wacky rules to live by? 

Harington told The Times that, while vacationing, they refuse to take photos together with their fans. "We don't do that, because there is a line where you go, 'Our relationship is not one of two puppets who are like walking advertisements.' So one of us will have a photo taken and the other will say no," he said.

He went on to add, "That's important — that your relationship isn't defined by what you were as two characters in the past."

We understand where he's coming from — we really do. But is he really shocked that people are chomping at the bit to get a picture with Ygritte and Jon Snow in the flesh?! Come on, Kit. Take one for the team!