As Keira Knightley was spotted out and about in London with her fiancé yesterday, it was revealed the actress had suffered from pleurisy last year.
The 'Atonement' star - who was looking more loved up than ever with James Righton on a romantic stroll - has spoken of how she was struck down with the agonising lung infection without knowing it.
Keira Knightley and James Righton
Keira thought she had injured her ribs while rehearsing for a show and battled through the pain, only to find out weeks later she had pleurisy.
She told Australia's Harper's Bazaar magazine: "You do period films and you get some sort of weird archaic disease. And I didn't realise, so I went on for another month. I just stupidly never went to a doctor.
"I was rehearsing for this play and and then I found in rehearsals it got so bad that I couldn't stand up any more. And they said, 'Please, can you go to the doctor?'"
Keira and James announced their engagement last year, and they subsequently splashed out £2.4m on a love nest for her and the Klaxons star to share in London's Spitalfields.
The couple - who have been together for nearly two years - were introduced by mutual pal and fellow trendy Alexa Chung, soon after Keira finished her long-term romance with actor Rupert Friend.
