Pivotal to Laurence's life is his wife Jackie, who is Chairman of LLB Ltd and LB&A Design Ltd. She is quick to point out that behind every fiendishly successful man is a woman rolling her eyes! Jackie is a French graduate of Manchester University, and prior to taking over the running of 'Laurence' as a business, ran her own successful company as a professional wedding organiser. She is the author of Debrett's Wedding Guide and an acclaimed spokesperson on the history of weddings.

Most recently, Jackie opened her first shop Charmed - based in Port Isaac, Cornwall. Selling a quirky range of giftware, things for the home, jewellery, accessories, exclusively designed t-shirts and even equipment for creating your own 'posh picnic', Charmed is proving to be a stomping success.

Jackie appeared with Laurence on 'Celebrity - Who Wants to be a Millionaire' last year when they won an amazing £500,000 for their chosen charities. She has also appeared on BBC1's 'Holiday' and is a key part of 'To The Manor Bowen' a new primetime series for Living following Laurence and Jackie and their two daughters relocating to the country. Jackie has also recently appeared on GMTV talking about post-natal depression.

Both Jackie and Laurence have a great passion for writing and their first co-authored book called 'Pinch of Posh' was published in October 2006 by Collins and reached number 13 in the WHSmith Humour Chart.