
They began telling stories of Holness walking in downtown Kingston during campus days and always being the sole target of beggars - irrespective of the number of persons she was with. Yesterday’s interview with the Sunday Observer was conducted while Holness bonded with close high school and UWI friends, Karren Dunkley, Jacqueline (Curtis) Chambers, Joan (Waugh) Johnson and Jeffery Smith before they all went to lunch at Devon House in Kingston. She was a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants in the United Kingdom and became a Fellow of that body. Holness has a full-time career as a trained accountant and real estate developer and has no intention of changing that. Like most couples, we have had our differences, but we work through these differences, always with mutual respect and understanding." But as any good wife is - supportive, honest, loving, cherishing our time together. I like to think of myself as Andrew’s wife, whether or not he is the prime minister. I feel blessed to continue to share him with the people of Jamaica. "He is a loving husband and wonderful father. I still find him just as charming, humorous and affectionate, 21 years later," Holness said. "Andrew and I are best friends and partners. Seated comfortably in the great room at Vale Royal - the official residence of the prime minister - yesterday, Juliet Holness told of their lives together as best friends and of being genuinely in love for 21 years - a love that even now has him locking fingers with her in bed at nights, cuddling on the sofa to watch television and following her into another bedroom if she gets upset and decides to sleep alone.
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"He was very clear on his professional goals from early." "I recall he told me one day on campus ‘you are going to be my wife and I intend to serve in political life, you must choose now if you are able to take on this life because serving my country is important to me’," the wife of Jamaica’s ninth and youngest prime minister told the Sunday Observer. For that was made clear by the young, tall, dashing and confident Holness in a proposal of sorts to her while they were both students at the University of the West Indies (UWI). JULIET Landell knew the moment she was approached by her high school sweetheart Andrew Holness that she would end up being a politician’s wife.
