Jilly Cooper is made a dame in new year honours list

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Bestselling author and journalist is ‘incredibly bowled over’ to receive DBE

Jilly Cooper has been given a damehood in the new year honours list for her services to literature and charity.

The 86-year-old bestselling author and journalist who was awarded a DBE said she was “delighted, bewildered and ecstatic”, although for one who counts Rishi Sunak among her fans, the honour should perhaps not be that much of a surprise.

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