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Jilly Cooper, whose novels focus on sex and scandal in the country set, says it is a "colossal honour".
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Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan is among a host of Cambridgeshire recipients of New Year Honours.
Other Welsh recipients include a teenage cancer fundraiser and a water safety campaigner.
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