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 del Rosario Raquel del Rosario Raquel del Rosario Macías (; born 3 November 1982) is a Spanish singer. She is the lead vocalist of the band ("Morpheus' Dream"). Raquel is the second of six children. At the age of 14, she started writing the first of many songs. Raquel, a self-taught musician, was 17 when she met David Feito from Asturias, who headed a Celtic-based music group. In 2000, Raquel left her native Gran Canaria for Asturias with David and joined his group, "Xemà", finally to see their first album released. Soon after Raquel and David met Juan Luis Suárez, and the