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Rachel Sylvester

Richard Branson: ‘I fell in love with a gorgeous girl who worked in a little bric-a-brac shopʼ

Richard Branson called his wife Joan, who died this week, his ‘guiding light’. In an interview before her death as part of our series inviting public figures on a walk of significance, the entrepreneur chose a route around Notting Hill, from the mews where Virgin began to the family’s houseboat

Fri 28 Nov 2025

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