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Rivals' stars Aidan Turner, Bella Maclean and Alex Hassell support author Jilly Cooper as she wins Harper's Bazaar's writer award


During a night which celebrated Britain's biggest female stars and their respective contributions to the arts, Jilly scooped the prize for 'her extraordinary half-century contribution to literature.'

Aidan Turner, Bella Maclean and Alex Hassell proudly posed for photos backstage at Claridges Hotel after Dame Jilly, 87, won the writer award. The author wore a black satin slip dress teamed with a sheer, ruffled jacket and a classic pearl necklace for the event. It was a scene in Rivals that made viewers' blood run cold when Dame Jilly Cooper's dark-haired lothario Rupert Campbell Black put his hand up 19-year-old Taggie's skirt.

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