# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfumPOEo75
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37304804-bbcnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0a53606296.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-25T22:12:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

"She was my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world."
 
Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has said he is "heartbroken" over the death of his wife Joan aged 80.
 
The pair, who married in 1989, had three children and five grandchildren.
 
In 2018, their daughter Holly wrote in a blog that her mother was raised in the centre of Glasgow and worked in a pawnbroker's shop, then later at a bric-a-brac store in Portobello Road in west London.
 
Tap the link in BBCNews's bio to read more about her life. 
 
(📸 Getty)
 
#SirRichardBranson #Virgin #BBCNews

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 54,820
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 781

## Tags

bbcnews, virgin, sirrichardbranson

---
Copyright (c) Gondola