Meet James Corden and wife Julia’s three children who had royal playmates

Now that he has stepped down as host of The Late Late Showcan James Corden focus on family time with his wife Julia and their three young children.

While Gavin and Stacey star James is a bigger personality who is comfortable in front of the cameras, the same cannot be said for his private family who followed the TV star on transatlantic moves from the UK to the US and back again. See everything you need to know…

James Corden’s home

James and his family moved from Los Angeles to the UK in 2023. He sold his seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom Brentwood home, which he bought in 2017 from Modern Family creator Steve Levitan, for $17 million.

His former home included a swimming pool, a spa, a library and a 20-seat cinema.

The actor and comedian has an £8million country mansion in Wokingham with a heated pool house and tennis court. His plans to demolish the property and build another two-storey five-bedroom mansion in its place were approved by the local council in 2023.

James also hoped to build a two-storey pool house, which was removed from the application after English Heritage raised concerns about its proximity to a Grade II-listed ancient Druid stone circle, moved from Jersey in 1788.

Speaking to Jimmy Fallon about the motivation behind his move, he said: “I’m just leaving the show mainly because we’re a long way from home and we really want our kids to know what it’s like to grow up in London, to have a solid relationship with their grandparents and it’s time you don’t come back.”

It didn’t come as much of a surprise that he wanted to return to Britain, as he had made it clear that the US was never his “final destination.”

“I love where we live, I love being in Los Angeles… I love it, but we always knew it was an adventure and not a final destination.

“This place (Britain) is amazing, this little island. The things it’s created, the things it’s given the world. I’ve always been very proud to call it home.”

TV producer’s wife Julia

James married TV producer Julia Carey in 2012 at Babington House in Somerset, three years after they were introduced by James’ then-housemate Dominic Cooper at a Save the Children charity event.

He recalled their first meeting, he said People: “I said, ‘I really enjoy that kind of thing — like cooking dinner, falling asleep, not really drinking.’ And (Dominic) said, ‘Come on, let’s go, it’s going to be fun.’ Thank God he talked me into it.

“I said, ‘Hey, Jules. You might be the most beautiful woman in the world.’ She said, ‘Well, thank you very much, that sounds like something you say a lot.’ And I said, ‘I’ve never said that before in my life.’ That’s what I was in. And so was she.

He sang his wife’s praises during an appearance on Good Morning Britain. “I absolutely knew the first thing that I couldn’t do better than this. When I met Jules,” he said, and Richard Arnold replied, “Have you hit?”

James joked: “It’s a miracle. Every day she just has to look at me and think, ‘What did I do? This is a huge mistake!’

Children of James and Julia

James and Julia have three children together: Max, Carey and Charlotte.

The star opened up about his fears for his children’s future in a rare interview with The Los Angeles Times, admitting that he expects his children to join showbiz.

He explained: “I feel that there is a strong chance that one of our children will definitely seek a life in the performing arts. But I don’t know that we should start it now. I see little evidence that coming into TV as a minor is necessarily good for your perspective.”

The actor has previously spoken about lockdown life with his family on The Ellen Show.

He explained: “Every time I find myself, or me and my wife and especially our kids, thinking, ‘Oh man, this is tough,’ you just go, ‘Well, right around the corner, there’s going to be a glorious moment, and I have no idea how much time is gone, but it’s going to be spectacular.”

James Corden’s Royal Play Dates

James and Julia previously spent time with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when he lived not far from their Montecito neighborhood.

In an interview in The Sun, James was asked if he had been to the couple’s home, to which he replied: “I have. It was more of a play date (with the kids). Then we went out for dinner. afterwards it was lovely .”

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