Dame Jilly Cooper urges couples to romp as much as possible because ‘sex is heaven’

RAUNCHY author Dame Jilly Cooper has urged couples to romp around as much as they can – declaring: “Sex is heaven”.

The writer, 87, also said her works are more than “just fucking”.

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Speaking during a BBC documentary, Jilly – who has sold more than 12 million books of sex-filled fiction – said: “There’s little joy in life and I think sex is heaven.

“I think you should have as much as you can, and in books I think you should have quite a lot.”

Looking back on her teenage years, she added, “All I was ever interested in was men.”

She said the success of her books is still shrouded in snobbery, adding: “They call them bonkbusters.

“It’s a somewhat loose term because it’s not just banging.” An adaptation of her steamy 1988 work Rivals premieres on Disney+ next month.

The eight-part drama set on 1980s television stars Alex Hassell as the mad Rupert Campbell-Black, alongside David Tennant and Emily Atack.

Jilly previously said she hopes modern sensitivities about filming sex scenes won’t hinder the cast’s performance.

She told The Sun: “They have intimacy coordinators to help them. Can you imagine that?

“Having to have sex and being a bit bossy boots says, ‘Put that there and put that there’. It would be terrible.”

Of her male characters, Jilly, whose husband Leo Cooper died in 2013 aged 79, added: “All my heroes in all my romances were all very macho, they’re strong and they’re brave. They are not pressured as much as they are now.”

• IN My Own Words airs tomorrow at 10.40pm on BBC1.