THE TELEGRAPH: Virgin founder, 75, said Lady Branson was ‘my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world’
Sir Richard Branson’s wife of 50 years has died aged 80.
Announcing her death on social media, the Virgin founder, 75, said he was “heartbroken to share” the news of Lady Branson’s death.
He said: “She was the most wonderful mum and grandmum our kids and grandkids could have ever wished for.
“She was my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world. Love you forever, Joan x.”
Sir Richard and Lady Branson met in 1976 in the bric-a-brac shop she worked at in Westbourne Grove, London. The business tycoon said he “fell in love” with her at first sight.
They married in 1989 at Branson’s Necker Island, his 74-acre private island in the British Virgin Islands. » | Emily Smith | Tuesday, November 25, 2025
