Daily Mail, Thursday, August 29, 2019 Page 41
DAILY MAIL
THURSDAY,
MAGAZINE AUGUST 29, 2019
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hen my sister
Jackie died, I was
bereft. As was our
brother Bill, Jackie’s
three daughters, six
grandchildren, three sons-in-law
and countless friends and family.
Jackie was so loved and admiredthat her death was news across the
world. It even made the cover of
People Magazine.
Behind the celebrity headlines,
though, was a family in grief. We tried
hard to comfort each other, but Jackie’s
death left a void in all our lives that was
impossible to fill. So I was delighted
when the prestigious producers of TheCrown announced they wanted to
dramatise our lives for a multi-part,
high-end TV biopic. But I was also
slightly concerned about how Jackie’s
daughters — Tracy, Rory and Tiffany —
would react.
I needn’t have worried. The girls
were thrilled and all of us immediately
co-operated with the producers to givethem the most honest and interesting
input on the scripts. ‘It should be
a great tribute to our mother,’
said Tiffany.
And I, for one, feel deeply that she
would have been honoured and thrilled
to be part of this collaboration, which
will tell the tale of how two youngTURN TO NEXT PAGE
Racier than a Jackie
Collins bonkbuster.
More dramatic than
Dynasty. As their
life story is turned
into a TV drama,
DAME JOAN
COLLINS tells in
her own sparkling
words how she and
her sister became...
Beach belles:
Joan and
Jackie on
holiday in
Cannes in
their teens