Her friendships with the future Queen Camilla and Major Ronald Ferguson were much reported, as was her row with her friend Princess Michael of Kent when Cooper wrote an article about her that appeared under the headline “The Pushy Princess”. Princess Michael sent her 30 pieces of silver — 5p coins. Leo put the money on a horse and won, and sent some of the winnings to the princess “as I know you are a bit short”.
I never paid any attention to her but looking at the photos she was a bit of a hottie in her time, and I daresay some of her writing was from experience. This’ll put a few people out.
Amusing anecdote in the obituary. But JC was no more than a hack who wrote soft-porn for women…
I know people who live in her village and know (or knew) Jilly, and they say only lovely things about her. But fuck me, her books are shite.
They appear to be (I’ve never read one) Mills and Boon with the bedroom door left open.
For some reason we had a copy of ‘Riders’ in the house. I think a daughter must have bought it ages ago. Anyway, I started reading and gave up after a few pages. As you say, shite.
I suspect we’re not the target audience!