pregnant Natasha McElhone says 'I've grabbed life by the throat,'

Widowed actress Natasha McElhone was busy getting on with life as she shopped for household goods in central London today.

The pregnant mother-of-two looked glowing and healthy as she prepared for her new baby, following the death of her husband in May.

'I haven't been able to go off into a corner and be self-indulgent,' she said, in a revealing interview in this week's Hello! magazine.

Wind swept: Natasha McElhone steps out into the breezy day with her new duster

The 36-year-old talked about her sense of calm, attributing it to her two sons with Kelly - Theodore, eight and five-year-old Otis.

'All the decisions have been made for me in that respect,' she said. 'There's no "Shall i crumble or shall I rise, phoenix-like, from all this and take on the world?" - clearly, i can only do the latter.

'My boys are like little Duracell batteries that slot in in the morning and I'm charged up for the day. I'm really lucky.'

Keeping busy: McElhone spent the afternoon chatting and shopping in London

She says her sons do not dwell on the death of their father.

'I had this irrational fear at first that by moving on i would be leaving him behind. But that's obviously what you must do, as a parent. I have grabbed life by the throat and I am packing in as much as I can and trying to keep things fun for the boys, actually.

'They seem to be responding in a very positive way. from what i can tell, and it is so hard with kids to know, I don't think they feel that a door's closed. i think they still feel there are so many doors to be opened and I want to keep that alive.'

Kelly, a 43-year-old cosmetic surgeon, collapsed in the hall of his £2.5million townhouse in London, just after performing a late-night operation.

Police said Mr Kelly had died as a result of 'dilated cardiomyopathy', where the heart becomes enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently.

Beautiful couple: McElhone with husband Martin Kelly at the BAFTAs in February, three months before he died

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Pregnant Natascha McElhone reveals husband Martin Kelly's emotional message minutes before he died

Actress Natascha McElhone has revealed the emotional message her husband Martin Kelly left her just minutes before he died of a heart attack.

The plastic surgeon told his pregnant wife that he couldn't wait to see her and was excited about their baby scan.

However just minutes later the 43-year-old collapsed on the doorstep of the couple's west London home.

A heavily pregnant Natascha McElhone arriving at her London home

McElhone, 36, is expecting her third child at the end of this month after her husband's sudden death.

She told the Sunday Times: 'He left me this message, full of the joys . . . he couldn’t wait to come out the next week, he was so excited about the scan, so excited about the baby.'

She added: 'Thank God, a lovely last message.'

Kelly, a 43-year-old specialist known for his work on celebrity noses, was found collapsed in the hall of his £2.5million townhouse in London, just after performing a late-night operation.

The surgeon's mobile phone was locked meaning nobody could access any of his numbers.

McElhone was filming in Los Angeles and was unaware of what had happened until she got a message from her husband’s friend Neil Randhawa.

Happy couple: Natascha with late husband Martin at a party in 2003

She said: 'I walked across the road towards my trailer and it must have suddenly hit me on some level. I did that thing I thought people only did in movies - I dropped the phone and my knees sort of buckled under me.

'A lovely woman called Nancy, who is David Duchovny’s assistant, ran up to me. I told her the boys were over in the gym and asked her to fetch them. I got into my trailer and called Neil again.

'I knew I was going to have to tell the kids. I thought of trying to suspend time or wait and not tell them for a day but I couldn’t bear the idea of other people knowing and them not.

'I remember looking out of the window and seeing them chasing after each other with huge squeals of delight and thinking, ‘I’m about to shatter their world.’

'They came in and they were like little boys are, full of energy and excitement, and I told them what had happened. And then the clouds descended . . . it was awful.'

However McElhone remains optimistic about the future and said the couple's sons, Theodore, eight and Otis, five, keep her going.

She said: 'Martin is really, really present, which I’m surprised by and delighted by.

'I’ve never been one to believe in spirits, but I feel we’re all suffused with him in different ways and that will live on, in me, in the kids, in this new little one that’s just coming along.'

Police said Mr Kelly had died as a result of 'dilated cardiomyopathy', where the heart becomes enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently.

In most cases the cause is unknown but the British Heart Foundation said that some cases are triggered by a viral infection.

The surgeon and the actress were about to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary and had known each other since they were teenagers.

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Heavily pregnant Natascha McElhone braves motherhood alone after death of plastic surgeon husband

It should be the happiest time of her life.

But as Natascha McElhone prepares for the birth of her third baby she is doing so alone.

The heavily pregnant actress cut a lonely figure during a low-key outing in London.

The 36-year-old is still coming to terms with the loss of her husband-of-ten-years, Martin Kelly, who died three months ago.

Brave face: Heavily pregnant Natascha McElhone in London today

As she emerged into the September sunshine after parking near her West London townhouse, she showed off a pronounced bump covered by a flowing red dress and matching cardigan.

The Californication star, already has two sons by her late husband Theo, eight, and Otis, five. The plastic surgeon has jokingly named their expected new arrival 'K3'.

She was left 'absolutely devastated' after 43-year-old Kelly was found collapsed in the hall of their £2.5million townhouse in London, just after performing a late-night operation.

Waiting for baby: The actress is expecting her third child

He died as a result of 'dilated cardiomyopathy', where the heart becomes enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently.

The couple were about to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary and had known each other since they were teenagers.

After his death, she said: 'I just can’t believe I won’t feel his skin any more, how is that possible? I loved and touched him every day, and thank goodness I did.

'The part that saddens me most is that, whatever I can try to give my boys, their world for now has been halved, I cannot become him.

So in love: Natascha with husband Martin, who died in May, at a party in 2003

All I can hope is that the seeds have been sown already in their short lives – their gardens will flourish and I will tend to them assiduously and find any way I can to fill the gaping crevices.'

Mr Kelly was feted for his charity work in rebuilding the faces of disfigured Third World children and his celebrity cases, including repairing the cocaine-ravaged nose of Tara Palmer Tomkinson.

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