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 Lebrón Raquel Lebrón Raquel Lebrón (born 12 February 1954) is a Paraguayan harpist. After performing widely in Europe and South America, in 2010 she received a peace prize as an outstanding Paraguayan woman. Born in Asunción, Raquel began to study music at the age of seven under Marcial Heffernan Liam Zelaya. She went on to study the harp for 11 years with Santiago Cortesi, María Cristina Gómez and Nicolás Caballero. Lebrón has performed in concerts and recitals in Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Canada and Germany. In 1991, she was awarded first prize at the Eisteddfod in Roodepoort, South Africa, for