FALLING IN LOVE
“If you find someone with whom you think the same – emotionally, sense of humour and interests – everything else becomes secondary,” says Stella, who describes Julian as “romantic, sweet and considerate”.
To visit her husband, Julian Assange, in London’s Belmarsh high-security prison, Stella Assange and the couple’s children, Gabriel, 7, and Max, 5, must endure what she calls “onion layers” of security.
First, she’s fingerprinted, then they are screened by an X-ray machine and metal detector. Their mouths and hair are examined, before a sniffer dog gives them a final once-over. But the long, stressful process is quickly forgotten once they reach the visitor’s area.
“The kids are supposed to wait by my side,” says Stella, a lawyer. “But after we come through the door and…
