Queen Camilla attended a funeral service for her long-time friend, Dame Jilly Cooper, at London’s Southwark Cathedral, where the iconic “bonkbuster” author was remembered by friends, family, and celebrities. Dame Jilly Cooper died unexpectedly in October 2025 after sustaining a fall, a few weeks after hosting an event with Queen Camilla at the Queen’s Reading Room Festival.
“I was so saddened to learn of Dame Jilly’s death,” Queen Camilla wrote in October following the author’s unexpected passing. “Very few writers get to be a legend in their own lifetime but Jilly was one, creating a whole new genre of literature and making it her own through a career that spanned over five decades.” Speaking of their close, personal friendship, the Queen wrote, “In person she was a wonderfully witty and compassionate friend to me and so many.”
