Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife Anne Storm Pedersen had planned to “rewild” their estates in Scotland for their children

The billionaire behind the online retailer Asos has lost three of his four children in the Sri Lanka terrorist attacks.

Anders Holch Povlsen, Britain’s largest private landowner and Denmark’s richest man, was on holiday with his wife Anne, 40, and their children Alma, Astrid, Agnes and Alfred when the bombs went off on Easter Sunday.

The couple have not said which of the children, who attended state schools in Denmark, had died but a spokesman for Bestseller, Mr Povlsen’s clothing empire, said only one survived.

Days before the attack one of the couple’s daughters, Alma, posted a photo thought to be of her siblings, Astrid, Agnes and Alfred, on Instagram

Days earlier, Alma uploaded an image of her three siblings beside a swimming pool lined with palm trees on Instagram, describing them as “three little bears”.

Messages of condolence from around the world were posted on the