Swansea break for Douglases

Swansea break for Douglases

Catherine Zeta Jones and her husband Michael Douglas

Hollywood superstars Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas have taken refuge in Welsh family life after their gruelling High Court battle.

The couple are visiting Zeta Jones' relatives in Swansea with baby son, Dylan, and have visited an exhibition honouring the poet Dylan Thomas, from whom the toddler takes his name.

The pair were spotted making an early-morning dash to the Dylan Thomas Centre across the road from the five-star hotel in which they are staying - fuelling speculation their next child, if a girl, could be called Caitlin after the late poet's wife.

And the couple's low-key arrival has raised the question of them attending the Pembrokeshire wedding of Cerys Matthews this weekend - before the Bafta's in London where Zeta Jones is nominated for her role in the musical, Chicago.

But no-one was giving anything away when family and friends arrived at the hotel later on Thursday.

The couple are staying at a five-star hotel

The Hollywood couple, who are expecting their second child in two months' time, flew into Swansea's Fairwood Airport on Wednesday afternoon.

They are booked into the Morgans Hotel in the maritime quarter, adjacent to the head office of the city's evening newspaper, and around half a dozen journalists have watched their comings and goings.

Zeta Jones' father, Dai Jones, visited the hotel around lunchtime on Thursday but just smiled when asked by reporters how he was enjoying having his daughter home, and how long she would be staying.

He and his wife Pat later left the building and drove off in separate cars.

Grandmother

The Morgans Hotel has a Zeta Room - named after the same 800 tonne vessel from which the star derives her unusual middle name.

Zeta Jones inherited the name from her grandmother, who was herself named after the 19th Century ship.

Each of the hotel's individually designed 20 rooms are named after ships registered or built in Swansea.

Bit staff would not confirm if the couple were staying in the Zeta Room, which is decorated in a modern style in beige and camel hues with chrome fittings.

The hotel has a nautical theme because it was previously the headquarters of Associated British Ports.

Poet

The family day was a world away from the High Court in London where the couple's legal action against the glossy magazine, Hello!, is expected to run into next week.

Swansea, Wales' second city, is gearing up for a festival later this year to mark the 50th anniversary Dylan Thomas' death.

Swansea's city farm has launched a competition to guess the name of Zeta Jones' next baby.

The website for the Clyne Farm Centre in Mayals has been inundated with entries - and the favourite is Caitlin for a girl and Rhodri for a boy.