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Equestrians among the 'pride of this country’ in 2024 honours

Horse & Hound

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January 05, 2024

Author Jilly Cooper was recognised with a damehood, and figures from racing and coaching were also rewarded

- ELEANOR JONES

Equestrians among the 'pride of this country’ in 2024 honours

JILLY COOPER said she was “incredibly bowled over” to be honoured with a damehood for services to literature and charity.

The author was one of the equestrians named in The King’s first New Year Honours List, which also recognises coaches and figures from the horseracing industry.

Jilly’s citation covers her career from a reporter on the Middlesex Independent in 1955 to a Sunday Times columnist and bestselling author of 48 books, including the hugely popular Rutshire Chronicles and

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