Has 2 sons with her husband Jeffrey Archer - William Archer (b. 1972), a theatre producer, and James Howard Archer (b. June 10, 1974), a financial advisor and businessman.
She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to the NHS. She is the Chair at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.