15 h. ago Queen Camilla visits set of Rivals as she meets cast and pays tribute to Jilly Cooper

Queen Camilla visited the set of the Disney+ show Rivals in Bristol, where she met some of the show's stars and paid tribute to the book's creator, Dame Jilly Cooper

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27 h. ago Queen Camilla meets Rivals star inspired by former husband Andrew Parker

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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32 h. ago Queen Camilla says she's 'so sad' as she visits racy Rivals set for late pal Jilly Cooper

The Queen visited the set of the Rivals series in Bristol, which is based on the bestselling novel by her late friend Dame Jilly Cooper, in tribute of the late author

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35 h. ago ‘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.

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3 d. ago Strip teases, coke binges and orgies with star bedding FOUR men in a night – inside TV’s raunchiest parties

WITH cocaine binges, lustful actors barely able to keep their hands off each other and boozy benders every night, the late Dame Jilly Cooper would have been proud of her Rivals cast.  Their wild antics would outshone debaucherous scenes penned by the bonkbuster writer, who died aged 88 this year, which titillated viewers after being...

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3 d. ago Ruth Langsford says 'he told me he couldn't' in surprising King Charles admission

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Ruth Langsford interacted with King Charles and Queen Camilla during their special visit to the ITV studios

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5 d. ago First look at Rivals Season Two as show returns just weeks after Jilly Cooper death

The hit show is returning in 2026 with another season of glamour and greed

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5 d. ago David Tennant and Aidan Turner return in first look at second series of Rivals

The pictures follow the death of Dame Jilly Cooper, who wrote the original book.

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6 d. ago King welcomes German president in first state visit to UK in 27 years

Frank-Walter Steinmeier and wife joined by King Charles and Queen Camilla on Windsor carriage ride as visit beginsGerman president Frank-Walter Steinmeier was welcomed with military pomp, a 41-gun royal salute and a celebratory oversized Royal Standard flag flown above Windsor Castle on the first state visit by a German leader to the UK in 27 years.King Charles and Queen Camilla accompanied the president and his wife, Elke Büdenbender, on a carriage ride through Windsor’s streets at the start of the three-day visit, which will also see the German leader pay a poignant visit to the ruins of Coventry cathedral, bombed during the second world war. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago TV show Rivals rocked by scandal as Disney+ bonkbuster's behind

The 1980s set drama which stars David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Emily Atack is based on author Jilly Cooper's 'bonkbuster' novel with filming on the second series currently underway.

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2 w. ago ‘God bless you Mani mate’: Britpop band Cast pay tribute to The Stone Roses star

Frontman John Power dedicated the song Walkaway to The Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield at a gig in Bournemouth

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3 w. ago Untie me! Why big bows are everywhere – feminine, ironic and strangely subversive

They can be garish and ostentatious, or a sign you are softer than you might first appear. From the catwalk to the high street to the big screen to the rugby pitch, you just can’t miss them right nowWuthering Heights is a story about pain, revenge and the Yorkshire moors as a metaphor for bad life choices. But if Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming adaptation is anything to go by, it’s also about bows.In the two-minute trailer for the film, Cathy wears red bows and black bows, navy bows and pink bows. There are bows around garden pots, and bows around “baddy” Edgar Linton’s throat. Some bows flutter in the fell wind, others are unlaced at speed. In one memorable shot straight from the Jilly Cooper precoital playbook, a pretty white bow is cut from Cathy’s bodice using a labourer’s knife, which would be unforgivable hamminess were it not incredibly hot. Never mind that Emily Brontë rarely mentions bows in the book; that one is an entire plot device. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago David Tennant on unattainability of drama schools in 2025: ‘I had a full grant’

The actor said: ‘I couldn’t have gone to drama school now.’

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3 w. ago King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Wales for special 77th birthday trip

The King and Queen will be attending a series of engagements

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3 w. ago King Charles visits Cyfartha Castle in Merthyr for special 77th birthday trip

The King and Queen will be attending a series of engagements

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3 w. ago King Charles takes controls of tram train as he opens new South Wales Metro Depot on Welsh visit

The King and Queen attended a series of engagements on what was a wet and windy day in Wales

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4 w. ago Jilly Cooper died from head injury after fall at her Grade II listed home, inquest hears

The 88-year-old writer - known for her raunchy novels such as Riders, Rivals and Polo - was found by family at her home in Gloucestershire, on October 4.

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4 w. ago 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.

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4 w. ago Jilly Cooper died from fatal head injury after fall at her Grade II listed home, inquest hears

The 88-year-old writer - known for her raunchy novels such as Riders, Rivals and Polo - was found by family at her home in Gloucestershire, on October 4.

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4 w. ago Jilly Cooper died of head injury suffered in fall at home, inquest hears

Coroner reaches conclusion of accidental death and says author died as a result of a traumatic subdural haematomaThe author Jilly Cooper suffered a fatal head injury during a fall at her Gloucestershire home, an inquest has heard.Cooper, 88, whose 18 novels include Riders and Rivals, was found by family at her home in Bisley at about 5pm on 4 October. Continue reading...

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