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Queen Camilla Honors Dame Jilly Cooper at Festival

10/12/2025

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Queen Camilla led tributes to Dame Jilly Cooper at the Cliveden Literary Festival in Berkshire, recalling that Cooper died at 88 and enjoyed the Vesper Martini.
She recalled a humorous moment from a past party when Dame Jilly Cooper said she wanted to "get plastered."
The festival featured tributes from Sir Salman Rushdie and Sir Ian Rankin, who praised Cooper's writing and shared anecdotes.

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Queen Camilla led tributes to Dame Jilly Cooper at the Cliveden Literary Festival in Berkshire, recalling that Cooper died at 88 and enjoyed the Vesper Martini.
She recalled a humorous moment from a past party when Dame Jilly Cooper said she wanted to "get plastered."
The festival featured tributes from Sir Salman Rushdie and Sir Ian Rankin, who praised Cooper's writing and shared anecdotes.