Editing Raquel Welch (section)

=== Marriages and relationships ===
Welch married her high school sweetheart, James Welch, in Las Vegas on May 8, 1959. They had two children, Damon (born November 6, 1959) and [[Tahnee Welch|Tahnee]] (born December 26, 1961). The couple separated in 1962 and divorced in 1964; she retained Welch's surname until her death in 2023.<ref name="Welch, Raquel 2010"/><ref name="caruso">{{Cite web |last = Caruso |first = Skyler |date = February 16, 2023 |title = Raquel Welch's Marriages: Everything She Said About Her Past Relationships |url = https://people.com/movies/raquel-welch-marriage-history/ |access-date = February 17, 2023 |website = People |language = en |archive-date = February 17, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230217012356/https://people.com/movies/raquel-welch-marriage-history/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

She married publicist [[Patrick Curtis (producer)|Patrick Curtis]] in Paris on February 14, 1967, and they divorced on January 6, 1972.<ref name="Parraga"/> Curtis later claimed to the tabloids that Welch got an abortion during their marriage.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/893666228 |title = Straight Talk |work = The Sunday People |date = September 15, 1985 |access-date = March 1, 2023 |archive-date = March 1, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230301014314/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/893666228/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Spanish media reported that during the shooting of ''100 Rifles'' in Spain in 1968, Welch, while married to Curtis, had a relationship with Spanish actor [[Sancho Gracia]], who had a small role in the film, and that Welch's husband, upon finding out about the affair, chased Gracia at gunpoint through the hotel where they were staying in [[Aguadulce (Almería)|Aguadulce]].<ref name="Parraga">{{cite news |last1 = Parraga Frutos |first1 = Nerea |title = Cuatro maridos y varios amores: La agitada vida sentimental de Raquel Welch |trans-title = Four husbands and several loves: The turbulent sentimental life of Raquel Welch |url = https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20230215/8760715/agitada-vida-sentimental-raquel-welch-mmn.html |newspaper = [[La Vanguardia]] |language = es |date = February 15, 2023 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216003542/https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20230215/8760715/agitada-vida-sentimental-raquel-welch-mmn.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Pilar">{{cite news |last1 = Fernández |first1 = Pilar |title = Del botellazo contra un fotógrafo al affaire con Sancho Gracia: así fue la primera visita de Raquel Welch a España |trans-title = From the bottle against a photographer to the affair with Sancho Gracia: this was Raquel Welch's first visit to Spain |url = https://informalia.eleconomista.es/famosos/noticias/12151326/02/23/Del-secuestro-de-sus-hijos-al-botellazo-contra-un-fotografo-la-visita-de-Raquel-Welch-a-Espana.html |work = [[El Economista (Spain)|El Economista]] |language = es |date = February 15, 2023 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216135815/https://informalia.eleconomista.es/famosos/noticias/12151326/02/23/Del-secuestro-de-sus-hijos-al-botellazo-contra-un-fotografo-la-visita-de-Raquel-Welch-a-Espana.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Romo">{{cite news |last1 = Romo |first1 = Luis Fernando |title = Raquel Welch: cuatro maridos, romances con Sancho Gracia y un padre boliviano que le prohibió hablar español |trans-title = Raquel Welch: four husbands, affairs with Sancho Gracia and a Bolivian father who forbade her to speak Spanish |url = https://www.elmundo.es/loc/celebrities/2023/02/16/63edf4c4e4d4d8f9228b4575.html |newspaper = [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |language = es |date = February 16, 2023 |access-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-date = February 16, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230216122207/https://www.elmundo.es/loc/celebrities/2023/02/16/63edf4c4e4d4d8f9228b4575.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Subsequent boyfriends included football player [[Joe Namath]], producer [[Robert Evans]] and comedian [[Freddie Prinze]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GrIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |title = People Are Talking About |work = Jet |date = March 6, 1975 |access-date = February 18, 2023 |archive-date = February 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230213114043/https://books.google.com/books?id=GrIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Raquel Welch and Andre Weinfeld (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=.9|alt=Welch in a blue scarf and high-collared gray jacket, with polka-dot feathered cap, in company of a man|Welch and [[André Weinfeld]] at the premiere of ''The Rose'' in 1979, a year before their marriage]]
On July 5, 1980, she married producer [[André Weinfeld]] in [[Cabo San Lucas]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20077017,00.html |title = In a Marriage of Looks, Money, Fame—All Hers—Raquel Welch Meets Her Third Match |magazine = People |date = July 21, 1980 |access-date = April 14, 2014 |archive-date = August 28, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160828110005/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20077017,00.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> In early February 1983, while vacationing in [[Mustique]], Welch suffered a miscarriage three months into her pregnancy.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/01/Actress-Raquel-Welch-suffered-a-miscarriage-while-vacationing-in/7550415342800/ |title = Raquel Welch suffers miscarriage |work = United Press International |date = March 1, 1983 }}</ref> Her marriage to Weinfeld ended in August 1990.<ref name="caruso"/>

In 1996, after keeping a low romantic profile for several years, she dated former British boxing champion [[Gary Stretch]], who was younger than both of Welch's children.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/822997822 |title = Raquel has new sparring partner |work = Daily Record |date = November 18, 1996 |access-date = February 18, 2023 |archive-date = February 18, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230218040505/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/822997822/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

Welch wed Richie Palmer, co-owner of Mulberry Street Pizzeria, on July 17, 1999, at her home in Beverly Hills. Palmer, who had one son from a previous marriage, broke off his engagement with business partner and actress [[Cathy Moriarty]] to pursue Welch in October 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-23-cl-46803-story.html |title = Raquel Welch and Her Doughboy |author = Lacher, Irene |work = Los Angeles Times |date = November 23, 1998 |access-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302200027/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-23-cl-46803-story.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The pair separated in August 2003 and divorced a year later.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/raquel-welch-separating-from-fourth-husband/article1019916/ |title = Raquel Welch separating from fourth husband |work = The Globe and Mail |date = August 7, 2003 |access-date = February 18, 2023 |archive-date = February 18, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230218040500/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/raquel-welch-separating-from-fourth-husband/article1019916/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/408959876 |title = Side dish |work = New York Daily News |date = January 17, 2005 |access-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302200029/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/408959876/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2011, Welch told ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine she would not remarry.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.imdb.com/news/ni15062860 |title = Welch won't marry again |work = WENN |date = September 7, 2011 |access-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302200037/https://www.imdb.com/news/ni15062860 |url-status = live }}</ref> Her last relationship of record, during the early-to-mid-2010s, was with ''[[American Idol]]'' producer [[Nigel Lythgoe]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Nigel Lythgoe said to be smitten with girlfriend Raquel Welch |url = https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/442073/EXCLUSIVE-Nigel-Lythgoe-said-to-be-smitten-with-girlfriend-Raquel-Welch |work = Express |date = November 9, 2013 |access-date = February 18, 2023 |archive-date = February 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230213050505/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/442073/EXCLUSIVE-Nigel-Lythgoe-said-to-be-smitten-with-girlfriend-Raquel-Welch |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/nigel-lythgoe-so-you-think-you-can-dance-lgbtqia-ally-contortionism-1235010067 |title = Nigel Lythgoe on Being an Ally to the LGBTQIA+ Dance Community |work = Variety |date = July 8, 2021 |access-date = February 18, 2023 |archive-date = February 12, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230212225739/https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/nigel-lythgoe-so-you-think-you-can-dance-lgbtqia-ally-contortionism-1235010067/ |url-status = live }}</ref>