Del Boy never marries. He has had many girlfriends, a fact that is the subject of numerous sarcastic comments by Rodney. He finally meets his partner Raquel Turner (whom he calls his "significant other") in the 1988 special "Dates". Del's mother Joan dies on 12 March 1964, apparently after a long string of illnesses. His lazy father Reginald leaves three months later (on Del's 16th birthday), taking most of their money and even Del's birthday cake. This leaves the teenage Del as the family's sole breadwinner, looking after his grandfather and Rodney, his half-brother who was born around thirteen years after him
Raquel Morell Raquel Morell Raquel Morell (] born Raquel del Rosario Ruiz Morell on February 4, 1959 in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico) is a Mexican actress who appeared in many telenovelas. She is probably best known for her role of Blanca De Velasco de Peñarreal in telenovela "Esmeralda". Blanca was the mother of Esmeralda, who was played by Leticia Calderón. In "Mi segunda madre" she played a woman called like her in real life – Raquel. She appeared as herself in "Contrato con la muerte". One of her last works was in "De que te quiero, te quiero". Morell, named after her mother