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The Latest Breaking News from Dame Jilly Cooper

Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Reiner among the celebrities we mourned in 2025

Fans were heartbroken following the death of former Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne.

Evening Standard

Queen Camilla felt 'much better' amid pneumonia battle thanks to binge-watching raunchy Rivals show

Queen Camilla felt "much better" during her pneumonia battle when she was "binge-watching" raunchy Disney+ TV show Rivals, which was based on the book series by her late friend Dame Jilly Cooper.

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Queen Camilla meets Rivals star inspired by former husband Andrew Parker-Bowles

The Queen visited the cast and crew of Rivals, the Disney+ drama based on her late friend Dame Jilly Cooper’s bestselling book, while they were filming in Bristol on Monday (8 December).

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‘We all miss her so much’: Queen’s tribute to Jilly Cooper on Rivals set

Dame Jilly was an executive producer and the visit to the studio in Bristol had been organised before her death in October.

Evening Standard

The Queen visits Rivals set for behind-the-scenes tour in tribute to friend Jilly Cooper

‘It’s so sad she’s not here,’ says the Queen, just months after the famed author’s death

The Independent UK

Dame Jilly Cooper died in hospital after fall at home, inquest told

The 88-year-old author was found with a serious head injury at her Gloucestershire home.

Evening Standard

Dame Jilly Cooper’s cause of death revealed during inquest

Beloved authour was pronounced dead in hospital on October 5

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Jilly Cooper cause of death revealed at inquest as fatal head injury after fall at home

‘Bonkbuster’ writer Dame Jilly was rushed to hospital last month but was pronounced dead after her condition deteriorated

Evening Standard

Eamonn Holmes claims he inspired ‘devilishly handsome’ character in one of Dame Jilly Cooper’s novels

The GB News host spoke about the exchange after news of the bestselling author’s death aged 88

Evening Standard

Dame Jilly Cooper ‘changed the way we read books as women’ – Angela Rippon

The broadcaster was friends with the author.

Evening Standard

Jilly Cooper's raunchiest bonkbusters, from Riders to Rivals

The best-selling author has died at 88, leaving behind a legendary legacy of literary filth

Evening Standard

Farewell to Dame Jilly Cooper - the queen of glamorous escapism

The author has died aged 88. Our Books Editor Zoe West reflects on her incredible legacy

Woman & Home

Tributes pour in from Rivals cast in honour of Dame Jilly Cooper

The author, who was known for her ‘bonkbusters’ including Riders, Rivals and Polo, died unexpectedly Sunday morning after a fall.

Evening Standard

‘A bit silly’: What TV bosses got wrong about Jilly Cooper’s wonderful books

‘A group of people saw Jilly’s work as naff but another group saw it as dangerous and sexy,’ said ‘Rivals’ showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins

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Dame Jilly Cooper: ‘Queen of the bonkbuster’ who wanted to write ‘happy books’

Born in Hornchurch, Essex, in 1937, Dame Jilly grew up in Yorkshire and attended the private Godolphin School in Salisbury.

Evening Standard

Camilla’s tribute to ‘legend’ Dame Jilly Cooper after author’s death aged 88

The ‘bonkbuster’ author died after a fall on Sunday morning, her children announced.

The Independent UK

Watch: Jilly Cooper makes cameo appearance in Rivals

Watch the moment Dame Jilly Cooper made a special cameo appearance in the 2024 TV series Rivals.

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Dame Jilly Cooper dead at 88

Dame Jilly Cooper has died at the age of 88 following a fall.

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The Independent UK

Queen Camilla leads tributes to ‘wonderfully witty’ Dame Jilly Cooper after death aged 88: Latest

Queen wished for late author’s ‘hereafter to be filled with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs’

The Independent UK

Rivals author Dame Jilly Cooper dies aged 88: Latest tributes

Beloved author was best known for her books ‘Rivals’ and ‘The Rutshire Chronicles’

Evening Standard

Dame Jilly Cooper dead: Tributes pour in for undisputed 'queen of the bonkbuster' novelist as she dies at 88

Tributes are pouring in for Dame Jilly, who had sold over 11 million copies of her books in the UK alone

The Guardian - UK

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall

Evening Standard

Rupert Everett and Hayley Atwell to star in Rivals series two

The Disney+ series centres on a group of wealthy media types in the 1980s who live in the Cotswolds.

The Independent UK

Rivals author says she’d be ‘embarrassed’ to act in front of sex scene intimacy coordinators

‘I wouldn’t like it myself – but then no one has any fun any more, do they?’ said the author

Evening Standard

Sex, scars and spoilers: Rivals is back for round two - here's all you need to know

Jilly Cooper’s gloriously naughty bonkbuster returns with even more scandal, intrigue and surprise resurrections

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