“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,” the note began. “Jeffrey Archer was an exception to the end.”
“It was therefore with sadness that I learned of his death yesterday, on the eve of publication of his final work and so soon after appearing at my Queen’s Reading Room Festival,” the post continued.
Queen Camilla went on to offer her sympathies to Archer’s wife, Mary, and the rest of his family. “I hope it may be some consolation for them to know what pleasure Jeffrey brought to me and so many millions of readers through the pages of his works.”
She also acknowledged that Archer’s life was not without controversy, writing, “While not without flaw, his friends will recall him as an irrepressible life force through all the many differing chapters of his life.”
