Rachel "Raquel" Turner (formerly Slater; born 4 June 1957[1]) is a fictional character from the BBC television sitcom Only Fools and Horses, in which she is Del Boy's long-term partner.
With Only Fools and Horses moving into its sixth series, writer John Sullivan wanted Del Boy to start looking for more mature women, rather than continually chasing 20-year-olds, and to have a long-term relationship, so he came up with the character Raquel for the 1988 Christmas special episode, "Dates".
She made various low-key stage appearances, (including one headlining at the Talk of the Town, Reading, in which she fluffed her lines so badly that the crowd cheered when last orders was announced) and a one-line part in a Doctor Who episode.
However, she supplemented her income with a part-time job as a stripagram, a fact Del only discovered when he unwittingly booked her for Uncle Albert's birthday party at the Nag's Head pub.
Her character also changed as the show went on, moving from an ambitious woman lacking in confidence, to a tougher sarcastic one unafraid to stand up to Del's scheming and fast-talking nature.