Mark's wife Martina is a former East German prostitute now, after rewriting her own biography, posing as the daughter of a Swiss surgeon who, during the Second World War, helped the victims of Nazi Germany without taking money for it. Her perpetual smile is due to the umpteenth facelift she has recently had. Just like her best friend Mary Much, Martina Mark works as a columnist for "The Daily Legion" and is generally said to pull the strings in her husband's life.