Editing Laura Ashley (section)

==Personal life==
Laura and Bernard Ashley had four children who were all involved with the business. David (born 1954/55<ref>Small, Michael (24 September 1984). [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088733,00.html "Cut from the Same Cloth as Mom and Dad, Laura Ashley's Kids Get All Wrapped Up in the Family Business"], ''People'' 22:13. Retrieved 17 May 2010.</ref>), the eldest son, designed the shops; one of the daughters, Jane, was the company photographer; another daughter, Emma, and their second son, Nick, were part of the company's fashion design team. Bernard was the company chairman and Laura kept a close eye on fabrics. The success of the business meant that the Ashleys could afford a yacht, a private plane, the French [[Château de Remaisnil]] in Picardy, [[Rhydoldog House]], a mansion near [[Rhayader]], [[Powys]], [[Wales]],<ref name="housebeautiful/a27330585">{{cite news |last1=Joyner |first1=Lisa |title=Inside Laura Ashley's former Welsh home |url=https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/property/a27330585/laura-ashley-house-for-sale-wales/ |access-date=13 October 2022 |work=[[House Beautiful]] |date=3 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="shropshirestar/singer-bought-ashley">{{cite news |last1=Austin |first1=Sue |title=Inside £1.5m mansion with helicopter pad, hot tub and seven bedrooms 'bought by Charlotte Church' |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/mid-wales/2021/03/22/singer-said-to-have-bought-the-former-home-of-the-laura-ashley-family/ |access-date=13 October 2022 |work=[[Shropshire Star]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="thenational.wales/19812490">{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Matt |title=Charlotte Church submits plans for £1.5m Powys home |url=https://www.thenational.wales/news/19812490.charlotte-church-submits-planning-rhydoldog-house-powys/ |access-date=13 October 2022 |work=[[The National (Wales)]] |date=2021-12-29 |language=en}}</ref> a town-house in Brussels, and the villa ''Contenta'' in [[Lyford Cay]], New Providence, Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.primelocationblog.com/international/laura-ashleys-french-chateau |title=Laura Ashley's French Chateau &#124; PrimeInternational |publisher=Primelocationblog.com |date=22 October 2009 |access-date=30 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426211113/http://www.primelocationblog.com/international/laura-ashleys-french-chateau |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.damianos.com/Listings/ListingDetail.ASPX?LID=10415308 |title=Property Details – Villa Contenta – Nassau/New Providence |website=Bahamas Real Estate by Damianos Sotheby's International Realty|publisher=Damianos.com |access-date=30 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318111505/http://www.damianos.com/Listings/ListingDetail.ASPX?LID=10415308 |archive-date=18 March 2006 }}</ref>

===Death===
In 1985, just after her 60th birthday, Laura Ashley fell down the stairs of her daughter's home in the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] and was taken to hospital in [[Coventry]], where she died ten days later of a [[Stroke|brain haemorrhage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/18/world/laura-ashley-british-designer-is-dead-at-60.html|title=Laura Ashley, British Designer, Is Dead at 60 |work=The New York Times|access-date=8 December 2018|last1=Slesin|first1=Suzanne|date=18 September 1985}}</ref> She is buried in the churchyard of St John the Baptist, in [[Carno]], Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp|title=Deaths England and Wales 1984–2006|publisher=Findmypast.com|access-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831050858/http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp|archive-date=31 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/comment--analysis/malaysian-magnate-leads-english-rose-to-the-block/2005/06/28/1119724630756.html "Malaysian magnate leads English rose to the block"], ''[[The Age]]'', 29 June 2005.</ref>