Dame Jilly Cooper left a huge sum to her two children and her stepdaughter in her will following her death at the age of 88 last year

The so-called 'queen of the bonkbuster' died aged 88 in October last year - less than 24 hours after she fractured her skull in a catastrophic fall at home.

Dame Jilly Cooper left a huge sum to her two children and her stepdaughter in her will following her death at the age of 88 last year