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RICHARD EDEN: Heartache for bonkbuster author Jilly Cooper as daughter and husband split

I can disclose that the author's daughter, Emily, who lives 20 or so miles from Jilly's manor house in the Cotswolds, is now on her own, following the departure of her husband, Adam Tarrant.

I can disclose that the author's daughter, Emily, who lives 20 or so miles from Jilly's manor house in the Cotswolds, is now on her own, following the departure of her husband, Adam Tarrant. There was, perhaps, an indication of tension in May last year, when Adam, an executive with a sports marketing agency, missed the Windsor Castle investiture at which King Charles made Jilly a Dame. Make-up expert Emily, 54, whose clients have included French and Saunders and Jane Seymour, declines to discuss the separation, telling me: 'I'm sure you understand.'

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