Working and living together: Bob worked on board yachts as captain, soon Beverly joined him, working on board. “We were always happy… A lot of people say you can’t work with your husband, but I loved it,” says Beverly.

It was a glamorous, fun lifestyle. Sometimes. Beverly felt as if she was living in a movie. This feeling was enhanced when, on more than one occasion, Bob was mistaken for a movie star.

“I remember going to Las Vegas, and he went to the bathroom… and some girls came running up to me and said, ‘We know he’s a movie star, but we just can’t put our finger on his name,’” Beverly laughs.

Beverly and Bob were happy together. They loved each other, loved being in each other’s company.

But occasionally, Beverly felt less-than-fulfilled, professionally speaking.

“Sometimes I felt like a bird in a gilded cage,” she says. “I was used to making my own money. I had put myself through university. I had taken myself to Europe for a year.

“But I did not know that I was preparing myself for the most amazing career any woman could have, ever, I think.”