Jeffrey Archer, UK novelist and scandal-plagued politician, dies on eve of final book

Rappler - Oct 6, 2026

The confidant of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher lived a life that swung from the heights of luxury and fame to the lows of a two-year stint in prison for perjury over paying a woman for sex

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