Hans has only recently left rehab following his wife's macabre death. As an aide to Charles said at the time: The Princes charities work with young people, many of whom have had problems with drugs. 'I tried to carry on as if her death had not happened and batted away any inquiries about her.. This is the magical setting for the marriage of art expert Julia Delves Broughton and the billionaire hans Rausing, 50, a former heroin addict whose drugs-ravaged wife eva was found dead and decomposing at their 70 million Chelsea house in 2012. [citation needed]. The screen for King Charles' coronation anointing is revealed, 'You motherf***ers don't understand': Bam Margera details 'turmoil', Russian freight train derails and bursts into flames after explosion, 'We're not your enemies!' Hanss family are also thrilled. Duchess of Buccleuch dies aged 68 after 'short illness' following operation, her family reveal - just days Charles' Gladiator! ', 'Hans does not make friends easily because he is forever having to look over his shoulder for money-grabbing sharks'. He piled bed clothes on top of the corpse and, then, when it started to smell, he covered the pile in bin bags. While his sisters, Lisbet and Sigrid, became academics and philanthropists, friends say Hans has no interests. Hans still wears Eva's wedding and engagement rings on a leather cord around hisneck. Hans is one of the countrys most generous benefactors, donating to a wide variety of organisations including the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust, the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation, which provides housing to disabled and homeless ex-service personnel, and MapAction, which provides mapping services in disaster zones. Joe cast aside his own grandkid to protect his 'It's better than the noise and the dirt of London!' But perhaps most significantly of all, Hans no longer seems haunted by the spectres of his past. 1 He died on 29 November 1976 at age 73. According to friends, Mr. Rausing has rebuilt his life, is drug-free and is married to Julia Delves Broughton, an art expert. 11 Feb 1961; John Evelyn Delves Broughton 1 b. resigns from Google and says he regets Pictured: British grandfather and 'friend to everybody' who died while snorkelling during dream cruise Baby in India is born with a third ARM growing from its back in rare phenomenon. They admitted possessing Class A drugs (cocaine and heroin) and received a police caution.[6]. Lawrence Goldman, Oxford University Press, pg 113, Issy Blow Remembered by the Fashion World, "Isabella Blow, 'Fashion's Nutty Aunt,' Is Dead", "Isabella Blow 'feared her fading public status', "A tortured life, a lonely death, a private funeral", "National Portrait Gallery Isabella Blow by Noble and Webster", "Philip Treacy: When Philip Met Isabella Design Museum Touring Exhibition", "Matthieu Laurette presents "What Do They Wear at Frieze Art Fair? As far as he was concerned, he thought Julia was his girlfriend and their own relationship had been developing well. It was there that Mrs Rausing was discovered. The art expert and senior director of auction house Christies had gone to see him to discuss what pictures to hang. Im told theyre very nice.. Detmar Blow went on to have an affair with Stephanie Theobald, the society editor of British Harper's Bazaar,[19] while his estranged wife entered into a liaison with a gondolier she met in Venice. With the benefit of hindsight I think that following her death I did not act rationally. The fall and subsequent redemption of Hans Kristian Rausing is almost like something from an opera, and as it happens, last October, an opera about him and Eva was performed in Sweden. The house is in need of a major upgrade, expected to take at least a year. 1 She married Hugh Babington Blogg, son of Reverend Fowler Babington Blogg, on 6 December 1914. Julia and I were very, very close. Richard Kay for the Daily Mail Quantities of crack cocaine and heroin were then found in their home. Maybe things would be better if Rausing had shown more understanding of his son., Hans Rausing in Chelsea after he was arrested when his wife's body was found in their flat in May 2012, Hans Rausing and Julia Delves Broughton attend The Serpentine Gallery summer party at The Serpentine Gallery on July 2, 2015, in London. To make matters worse, Helen has to live with the fact that while her daughters are distant from her, they are very close to their stepmother, Cardiff-born bank managers daughter Rona, who married Sir Evelyn and has three daughters from an earlier marriage. The manner of her departure from the family home is still recalled with a mixture of humour and bitterness. Although he looks a decade older than his 53 years, he is a far healthier specimen than he was in 2012. [17] Shortly before her death, Blow was the creative director and stylist of a series of books for an Arabic beauty magazine, Alef; the books were being produced by Kuwaiti fashion entrepreneur Sheikh Majed al-Sabah. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The first lies in the simple matter that Rausing appears to have dried out, and has kicked for good what a judge described as his utterly destructive drug habit. Left, Eva Rausing as a teenager in a picture handed out by the family after her death, and right, on holiday, Hans Rausing with his new wife Julia Delves Broughton at Royal Ascot races. Select from premium Lady Delves Broughton of the highest quality. During this period she also had an affair with Matthew Mellon; however, after an eighteen-month separation,[20][21] Isabella and Detmar Blow were reconciled. Mr Rausing's former wife Eva, left, who was found dead in 2012 in the couple's Chelsea home, right. Daphne Guinness, a friend of Blow's, stated: "She was upset that Alexander McQueen didn't take her along when he sold his brand to Gucci. When the film of the same name came out, Julia's father imposed a family boycott, describing it as 'rubbish'. Indeed, her life could be viewed as a lesson in coping withcalamity. A memorial service was held in the Guards Chapel in London on 18 September 2007, where Anna Wintour and Geordie Greig spoke. What a recovery. Dorothy Julia Delves Broughton was the daughter of Commander Cecil Delves Broughton and Marion Honora Bouwens. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008, ed. [7] She told Tamsin Blanchard of The Observer in 2002: I've done the most peculiar jobs. However, tragedy stalked the family. For her part, Julia remembers nothing of the pond tragedy, which happened when she was three. The couple had four children. They hadnt seen anyone for years. For Helen, who lives quietly in Chichester, West Sussex, the situation is even more difficult than at first glance. Goodbye. First, her two-year-old brother, John, drowned in the swimming pool in 1964, and then, when Julia was 11, her mother left her husband, bidding each of her daughters farewell with a formal handshake. 2. You might have thought, after such an horrific and sordid episode, that we would have heard the last of Hans Kristian Rausing, who, thanks to being one of the scions of his grandfathers enormously successful Tetra Pak packaging business, is worth in the region of 5 billion to 6 billion. He was as quiet as a mouse. EXCLUSIVE Boss of Lib-Dem run South Cambridgeshire council which was first to introduce a four-day week is Martin Lewis reveals how to get a cheaper supermarket shop and FREE food. . She is the younger sister. I don't want to be kissed by all and sundry. Isabella Delves Broughton was born on 19 November 1958. 2 She died on 21 March 1957. While Julia's glamorous career flourished, her personal life was beset by tragedy. was born on 2 October 1915. Of course, many of her circle of society friends have battled similar problems. Hans went with Julia to a charity dinner to raise money for the Isabella Blow Foundation last November. In 1981 she married her first husband, Nicholas Taylor (whom she divorced in 1983), and was introduced to the fashion director of the US edition of Vogue, Anna Wintour. Actor Rupert Everett and actress Joan Collins delivered eulogies. Their grandfather was Sir Jock Delves Broughton, a key member of the Kenyan Happy Valley set. Previous holders of the post in the county include a whole raft of dukes, lords, baronets, knights and senior Army officers. The pioneering heart operation that only takes an hour and doesn't leave a scar is performed on first Briton. She has a very uncomplicated attitude to life which is very refreshing. But then the Rausings are no ordinary family, and the rehabilitation of Hans Kristian and his relations back into the creme de la creme of society proves that leaving the corpse of your wife to rot in your bedroom is no barrier to staying in the social stratosphere. After having arrested Rausing for driving erratically, and having found a crack pipe and drugs in his car, the police searched his house. 'People are only interested in the money and he gets begging letters from strangers every single day. Loss: Julia's sister Isabella Blow took her own life six years ago. . Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Already getting in the party mood! To all but those who move in their gentrified circles, the budding friendship between a 52-year-old socialite and a 49-year-old heir seems unexceptional. Hans K was a dreamer and a disappointment to his father, said Mr Bezant, who claimed unfair dismissal after Hans Rausing sacked him in 2001. 1 She and Nicholas Taylor were divorced in 1983. Right here at FameChain. The family name will always be associated with the infamous White Mischief murder case in which his father, Sir Jock, was acquitted of killing his wifes lover the Earl of Erroll in Kenyas Happy Valley in 1941. They just wreck your life.'. And he is not the only person to be concerned about Julia's closeness to Mr Rausing as she helps him recover from his grief and addictions to heroin and cocaine. [24][25] She died at the hospital the following day. At the inquest, Blow's sister, Lavinia Verney, stated that after she discovered her sister had ingested the poison, Blow had told her, "I'm worried that I haven't taken enough. Hans had a deeply unhappy childhood in the shadow of his domineering father, an implacable 6ft 8in patriarch who paid little attention to him. She has helped him with his plans for a huge underground development, including a swimming pool, gym, cigar room, rainwater harvesting tank, cinema and lift. Indeed, you might also have thought we would have heard the last of the Rausing family, who have made their homes in Britain since the early Eighties, having escaped their native Swedens punitive tax laws. Then the relationship foundered and Helen walked out. Everybody else got contracts, and she got a free dress". 'My skin was so bad I stopped going out': Expert reveals his 3 top skincare tips as women tell how an Kate and William's tribute to Aberfan: Solemn royals pay their respects in poignant visit 57 years after the Ballet princess! To see her spending so much time with another man is very hard to take. Rausing was a domineering father. When it opened, the director, Tomas Isacsson, revealed how he had sent the script to the Rausing family. Her decomposing body was found at their 70million Chelsea home several weeks later. EXCLUSIVE: High-ranking Met Police officer on 100,000-a-year who was found to be a regular user of Can the Keto diet help treat mental illness? In July 2006, the Prince publicly thanked Rausing for the donation he had made to the Princes Regeneration Trust. She used to say, If Hans is happy, Im happy.. Forbes. But the Duchess is not the only member of the Royal Family who is sympathetic to Rausings woes. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to ten months imprisonment, suspended for two years. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. 'They both know what it is like to bear the burden of privilege and the inevitable, unwanted baggage which comes from that'. I still can hardly believe it that we didnt end up together, Smith-Bingham told a friend. As the muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as propelling and continually advocating the career of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, beginning when she bought the entirety of his explosive premier show inspired by Jack the Ripper. Julia and Hans have both been through terrible ordeals, and its very moving to see them together, filled with hope and confidence. [3] They built and funded a rehabilitation centre on the Caribbean island of Barbados. As well as her non-relationship with bride-to-be Julia, the youngest daughter, Lavinia (now twice divorced and with three children), has little to do with her mother. If anything, their pasts have helped concentrate their minds, one friend explained. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. She quickly rose through the ranks, working in Old Masters, then the Valuation Department, before becoming a senior director working for Lord Linley in the Chairmans Office. It is hard to imagine a greater social advance of fortune in such a short space of time. Major Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Bt. Later that year, Blow again attempted suicide by jumping from the Hammersmith Flyover, which resulted in her breaking both ankles. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Published: 23:29 BST, 19 April 2014 | Updated: 13:49 BST, 20 April 2014. A mover and shaker in the art world, Julia Rausing rose from being a secretary to becoming a senior director at the auction house Christies, where she first met her husband-to-be in 2002. Evelyn Delves-Broughton's grand nieces and grand nephews: Evelyn Delves-Broughton's great nephew is Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovatt, 26th Chief of Clan Fraser Evelyn Delves-Broughton's great niece is Violet Fraser Evelyn Delves-Broughton's great niece is Honor Fraser Evelyn Delves-Broughton's great nephew is Jack Fraser, Master of Lovat Despite being notoriously reticent, Rausing has been seen at all sorts of glittering upper-crust events such as Royal Ascot, and has even had the honour of being publicly introduced to the Duchess of Cambridge at a black-tie gala dinner. I'm a cleaner! How to look regal by the experts the royals rely on:Tinned mackerel for youthful skin, walking through a Want better sleep? Yet within days of returning to Britain, he committed suicide by taking a lethal dose of morphine. But some 56 years later, with all the heartache that has happened in her life, it is hard to believe it came true. Born Isabella Delves Broughton in Marylebone, London, she was the eldest child of Major Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, a military officer, and his second wife, Helen Mary Shore, a barrister. US tech billionaire's Matt Baszucki found the low-carb/high fat Could a hormone spray reignite your love life? Hans lives in a flat in Belgravia but often stays at Julias modest flat overlooking Battersea Park in South London. Edo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank wear the exact same outfit to party also attended by She's got a right Lotte cheek with tantrums, feisty remarks and bossing her brothers about. Edo Mapelli Mozzi and Jack Brooksbank wear the exact same outfit to party also attended by She's got a right Lotte cheek with tantrums, feisty remarks and bossing her brothers about. Kate changes into 379 jacket from Alexa Chung's Barbour collection as she and Prince A royally BIG portrait! The couple first met in 2002 when Hans and Eva went to a lunch at Christies auction house in Mayfair, where Julia began working as a secretary 18 years ago. They knew each other already because she had helped make valuations at his home in the past. They then met again in 2006 when Hans, a serious art collector, called Christies in to make a valuation at his home in Belgravia. One friend of the couple said: They are head over heels in love. A very long time ago, when she was the 28-year-old wife of the local squire, Helen opened a village fete and had her fortune told in a tent there. When discovering the body of their spouse, most people would call for an ambulance. [4] Blow's death was initially reported as being caused by ovarian cancer;[24][26] however, a coroner later ruled the death a suicide. For their part, Julia and Hans are described by friends as very sweet together and very much in love. Julia Delves Broughton Profiles | Facebook People named Julia Delves Broughton Find your friends on Facebook Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Rausing is said to have proposed to Julia Delves. To see Julia walking into that environment is devastating.'. Hans Kristian Rausing (Swedish pronunciation:[hns krstjan rs]; born 15 June 1963) is a Swedish billionaire and the son of packaging industrialist Hans Rausing. But Helen, who has never remarried, will not be the only one looking on with regrets from afar if she is not at the ceremony. At first glance, they appear an unremarkable, if monied, middle-aged couple. During the couple's separation, Blow was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and began undergoing electroshock therapy. [8] He pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence. During that time, while recovering from addictions, he began planning the addition of a huge, two-storey basement to his house. Small wonder he values the friendship of his blonde guardian angel so highly. Julia's brother drowned in childhood. From 1998 to 2002, he was New York City correspondent for The Daily Telegraph of London, and covered the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. 'Nazi gold' turns out to be a WW2 bullet and a pair of muddy boots: Hunt for lost loot hidden in Dutch 'I'm no deadbeat dad!' He married Julia Delves Broughton, daughter of Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, 12th Bt and sister of Isabella Blow, in June 2014.[9]. The parents of Tetra Pak carton business heir Hans, who live on an estate in Wadhurst, East Sussex, and whose worth is put at 5.9billion, never gave up on their son when he began taking prodigious quantities of cocaine and heroin. Spotting Sophie Dahl, Blow described her as "a blow up doll with brains", and launched the model's career. If he truly thought Hans Kristian Rausing would welcome such a work, then he knows very little about the protagonist of his opera. Then, just a month ago, they announced that they were to be married. The hunting enthusiast is reluctant to talk about the situation. In the 1930s, the group became infamous for its decadent lifestyles and exploits amid reports of drug use and sexual promiscuity. For truly, the likes of Hans K. live in a different world, where it seems, you can get away with anything. The loss of her sister Isabella was especially difficult. As reported by Dazed, the ancestor Isabella Blow admired was her paternal grandmother Lady Vera Delves Broughton, a unique woman of great vigor and courage. Close: Julia Delves Broughton has become grieving Hans Rausing's confidante. Joe cast aside his own grandkid to protect his 'It's better than the noise and the dirt of London!' Former heroin addict Mr Rausing, 50, first met Ms Delves Broughton, 53, in 2002, but is thought to have. Sir Evelyn was the only son of Jock Delves Broughton; his sister, Rosamond, married Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat in 1938. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. When he became immersed in drugs, his despairing family sought to limit the damage. Although they have yet to make plans for the wedding, Miss Delves Broughton is now sporting an engagement ring, which according to one who has seen it is an enormous diamond with other diamonds on the inside. Hans and Eva on their wedding day. Fly the flag in style: JO ELVIN's got red, white and blue Coronation style covered. She and Hans began spending time together when she was asked to help him renovate his mansion. While friends of Julia, a senior director of the auction house Christie's, may question whether or not former drug addict Hans is a good influence on her, they should not underestimate the depth of the tragic bond that has drawn them together. The billionaire philanthropist Hans Rausing, who lost his wife two years ago after a tragic battle with drug addiction, has found love with the art expert Julia Delves Broughton. Talking briefly to Helen this week, one gets the feeling that perhaps shed like to rekindle her relationship with her children and it would help if she was invited to the wedding. She starred in 2005 in a project by artist Matthieu Laurette, commissioned and produced by Frieze Projects 2005 and entitled "What Do They Wear at Frieze Art Fair?" Julia came to public attention some years later when she was working in London for Texan financial adviser John Bryan - he was photographed sucking the toes of Sarah Ferguson when she was still married to Prince Andrew. A year later, she left the Art History programme at Columbia, moved to Texas, and worked for Guy Laroche. She soon began wearing Treacy's hats, making them a signature part of her flamboyant style. Well, Im still alive, she replied poignantly. Ms Delves Broughton, who works for auctioneers Christie's at their London showroom, supported Mr Rausing and they became engaged in March while on holiday in Barbados. I wore a handkerchief with knots on the side, and my cousin saw me in the post office and said, What are you doing? 1 She married, secondly, Detmar Hamilton Lorenz Arthur Blow, son of Jonathan Oliver Tollemache Blow One friend said: Julia has a very uncomplicated attitude to life. Her parents divorced two years later. By Soon afterward, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She told me: 'Hans does not make friends easily because he is forever having to look over his shoulder for money-grabbing sharks. On 17 July 2012, he was charged with delaying burial of her body. A senior art world figure said: Julia is multi-talented in her sphere with her broad and deep knowledge of the art world and the wide range of people she knows. A smell of putrefaction permeated the annexe, and grew almost overpowering in the master bedroom. and This disgusting act of abandonment was the culmination of a truly dreadful mother-daughter relationship.. Kate nails sporty chic in 600 Mountain Equipment jacket, 110 jeans and 175 walking Slice of pep-heir-oni? Julias not the self-pitying type. [5] They were charged with possession of a large amount of cocaine and smaller quantities of crack, heroin and cannabis after a Scotland Yard investigation. This is the Queen showing that the Rausings have not been excommunicated, a courtier claims. And it is Ronas own daughter Louise by a previous marriage, now married to the Duke of Bedford, who is hosting the event at Woburn, the 400-year-old Palladian mansion. She became the subject of an exhibition in 2002 entitled When Philip met Isabella, which featured sketches and photographs of her wearing Treacy's hat designs. He suddenly pitched forward, and within two minutes was dead. The normalcy of life has been incredibly healing. But Mr Rausing's second wife Julia Delves Broughton, 58, has ordered the house to be redeveloped ; Some of Eva's friends believe that Ms Delves Broughton is wiping 'last remaining piece' of Eva from the island ; The second wife of Tetra Pak billionaire Hans Rausing has demolished swathes of his ex-wife's 20 million Barbados property. As the muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as propelling and continually advocating the career of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, beginning when she bought the entirety of his explosive premier show . Its packaging can be found in 170 countries worldwide, 'My father is furious at the way Eva was treated by theRausings.'. It was created on 10 March 1661 for Sir Brian Broughton, of Broughton Hall, near Eccleshall, Staffordshire, High Sheriff of Staffordshire from 1660 to 1661 and the member of an ancient Staffordshire .