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Queen Camilla pays tribute to Lord Jeffrey Archer

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Queen Camilla has paid tribute to author and former MP Lord Jeffrey Archer, who died aged 86.

Lord Jeffrey Archer, Oxford-educated author and former politician, died aged 86 on Monday, according to his publisher HarperCollins. He died suddenly and peacefully at home.

Archer studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he completed a Diploma of Education in the 1960s. During his time at the university, he excelled in athletics, serving as president of the Oxford University Athletic Club and later representing England. He became one of Britain's most successful authors.

Queen Camilla released a statement through the Queen's Reading Room charity describing Archer as an 'irrepressible life force' whose life contained as many twists as the plots of his novels. She said: 'Seldom does an author get to live a life as rich, varied and colourful as any of the characters in their books, or with as many surprising plot twists. Jeffrey Archer was an exception to the end.' The Queen learned of his death 'with sadness' and offered sympathies to his wife Mary and the wider family.

Archer had appeared at the Queen's Reading Room Festival shortly before his death, on the eve of publication of what was described as his final novel.

Queen Camilla pays tribute to Lord Jeffrey Archer
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