Paltrow: I'm staying in London

Gwyneth Paltrow has denied reports she and rocker husband Chris Martin are abandoning London to live in New York.

Paltrow, Martin and their two children Apple and Moses currently split their year between homes in the UK and the US - but recent reports suggested the couple were planning to live full time at their plush mansion in New York resort The Hamptons.

The actress has spent more and more time in the Big Apple in recent months, where her best friend Madonna is now based.

Gossip was fuelled yesterday by photos of removal men shifting furniture and boxes from the family's house in London.

The containers were each securely sealed, apparently for overseas shipping - and removal men at the home were tight-lipped when asked where the crates were heading.

But Paltrow's spokesperson Stephen Huvane said: "They are not moving house - just removing and replacing some things."

Huvane adds that the superstar couple will continue to live a transatlantic life: "Gwyneth has always lived in the US half of the year and the UK the other half. She will be working on 'Iron Man 2' for the next three to four months in Los Angeles and then she usually spends her summer in New York."