Soha pays tribute to Jeffrey Archer

Actress remembers his ‘Oxford days’ bond with father Mansoor Ali Khan

Actor Soha Ali Khan remembered late British author Jeffrey Archer following his death, recalling his long-standing friendship with her father and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

Archer died peacefully at his home on October 5 at the age of 86. Following his death, Soha shared a throwback photograph with the author on her Instagram Stories.

Recalling Archer’s friendship with her father, Soha said the two had known each other since their “Oxford days”. She also remembered how the author wrote about her father and later paid tribute to him following his death.

“Jeffrey Archer was a friend of my father’s from their Oxford days,” Soha wrote.

She further recalled Archer’s connection with the family, mentioning his book A Quiver Full of Arrows, in which he wrote about Pataudi. Soha also remembered how he later took on the role of auctioneer at an event hosted in his memory. “He wrote about Abba in A Quiver Full of Arrows, wrote so beautifully about him after he passed, and years later held the auctioneer’s hammer at an evening we hosted in Abba’s memory,” she wrote.