Dame Jilly Cooper dies aged 88 after fall, with Queen paying tribute to 'legend'
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'Shrewd and tough': A look back at Jilly Cooper's career
Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper, known for her best-selling romps including Rivals and Riders, has died at the age of 88. Dame Jilly's most successful works were The Rutshire Chronicles, beginning with Riders in 1985, which portrayed the scandals, sex lives and social circles of the wealthy horse-loving country set. Follow-up Rivals was published in 1988 and reched a new generation of fans last year when it was turned into a hit Disney+ TV series. She sold more than 11 million books in total in the UK alone. Queen Camilla led the tributes, describing Dame Jilly as a legend and a "wonderfully witty and compassionate friend", adding: "May her hereafter be filled with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs."
The author, who lived in Gloucestershire, died on Sunday morning afte
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