Sir Richard described Joan, who he married within the British Virgin Islands in 1989, as his ‘guiding gentle’

Sir Richard Branson has paid tribute to his Scottish spouse after confirming the unhappy information of her dying. The Virgin boss posted information of Joan Templeman’s passing on his Instagram web page this night (November 25).

Sir Richard and Joan, from Glasgow, have been collectively for 50 years and married within the British Virgin Islands in 1989. The businessman wrote: “Heartbroken to share that Joan, my spouse and associate for 50 years, has handed away.

“She was probably the most great mum and grandmum our children and grandkids may have ever wished for. She was my greatest buddy, my rock, my guiding gentle, my world. Love you eternally, Joan x”

Born in Glasgow, the place her father labored as a ship carpenter to help her and her six siblings, Joan was described as fairly unbiased at an early age and labored in a number of jobs together with working an vintage retailer.

In 1966 she married her childhood sweetheart Ronnie Leahy however the pair received divorced in 1978.

She met Sir Richard in 1976 at his Virgin Data studio. The pair received married in 1989 at Branson’s Necker Island, a 74-acre island within the British Virgin Islands within the Caribbean Sea.

In a love letter on one among their anniversaries, Sir Richard wrote: “I skilled love at first sight upon assembly a blonde-haired, right down to earth, Scottish magnificence named Joan, who simply occurred to be making a cup of tea. I typically make up my thoughts about somebody inside 30 seconds of assembly them, and Joan gained my coronary heart immediately.

“She was not like another girls I had ever met. She was lovely. She was shiny. She was witty. She was right down to earth. She was enjoyable. And she or he had eyes product of magic.”