“My body, I think now is like a 30-year-old’s body and it’s possible, as long as you look after yourself, it’s possible ” Richard Branson Getty Images “I look in the mirror and I can see my age, “ he said. after the bash, told us he is in the best shape of his life. While Branson has steadily remained a romantic, the entrepreneur’s physical fitness has changed quite a lot over the years.īranson, who shared that he was working out at the hotel gym at 4 a.m. “I think she was pleasantly shocked,” he said. They did let me off.”īranson recalled that everyone on his flight erupted into applause in support of his romantic gesture. “As the plane was taxiing down the runway I suddenly thought, ‘I’ve got to stop this plane and go back and see her,’ so I jumped up, I went to the front of the plane and said ‘I’m sorry, I’ve got to get out off the plane,’ and they did stop the plane. “ in Majorca and I had to go on some sort of business thing and I left Joan behind in the airport,” he said. Since then, Branson and his wife are still very much in love, share two children together, and they continue to keep the romance alive. “I then rang back and said, ‘I’ve got a spare ticket, would you like to come down?’ and so she did come down and we found this beautiful island where we live now.”īranson reminisced about how on that trip together they were flying in a helicopter over Necker Island, and he looked over at Templeman and thought to himself, “Alright she’s going to be the mother of my kids. We’ll send you two tickets, we’ll find a helicopter, we’ll lay on a house for you.’ Templeman and Branson share a kiss in 2018 FilmMagic “I thought, ‘Well how could I persuade her to come away with me for the weekend?’…So I rang up an estate agent … I pretended I wanted to buy an island and they said, ‘Well come on down. The business magnate told us that when he was 27 years old, he followed Templeman to New York to try and convince her to join him on a romantic getaway. He also revealed what won over his wife, who, at the time, showed very little interest in the future billionaire. Noting that he sees tons of single people having trouble meeting someone special, Branson suggested he launch a Virgin Dating app. He stressed, however, that while one should “be persistent,” you should also be “equally not over persistent.” “With my own wife, I was known as ‘Tagalong,’” he revealed.
The Virgin Group founder said despite Templeman, 71, being in a relationship when they first met, he never gave up on her.
I think you’ve got to be willing to subtly chase somebody if you’re really interested.” “I think if you just sit back and wait for it to come it’s not necessarily going to happen. “I think you have to work on it,” Branson, 68, told Page Six following the starry opening party for Virgin Hotels San Francisco on Friday. SAN FRANCISCO - Virgin Airlines billionaire Richard Branson, who has been happily married to his wife Joan Templeman for nearly 30 years, has some tips on finding love.