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    Jilly Cooper ‘bowled over’ at damehood in New Year Honours

    by Charlotte McLaughlin Dec 29, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    Author Jilly Cooper said she is “incredibly bowled over” after being given a damehood in the New Year Honours list.

    The 86-year-old author and journalist of steamy fiction was honoured for services to literature and to charity.

    She is chiefly known for her Rutshire Chronicles, which focus on scandal and adultery in upper class society and an aristocratic character called Rupert Campbell-Black.

    The series has seen a string of bestsellers with titles such as Riders, Rivals, Polo, Mount! and The Man Who Made Husbands

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