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Evening Standard
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Lisa McLoughlin

Inside Sir Richard Branson and wife Joan’s 50-year romance after her death

Sir Richard Branson has offered a deeply personal glimpse inside his five-decade love story with his wife, Joan Templeman, as he announced her death at the age of 80.

The Virgin founder revealed the news in an emotional statement shared online on Tuesday, paying tribute to the woman who had been the quiet centre of his world since the 1970s — long before the billion-dollar empire, the balloon flights or the space launches.

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