Editing Jeffrey Archer (section)

==Personal life==
Archer has been married to [[Mary Weeden]] since July 1966.<ref name=Jeffrey/> They met at Oxford University, where Weeden was studying [[chemistry]] at [[St Anne's College, Oxford|St Anne's College]].<ref name=Grice>{{cite news|last1=Grice|first1=Elizabeth|title=Mary Archer: 'There are worse things in life than adultery'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/8804471/Mary-Archer-There-are-worse-things-in-life-than-adultery.html|access-date=3 November 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=4 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224125222/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/8804471/Mary-Archer-There-are-worse-things-in-life-than-adultery.html|archive-date=24 December 2015}}</ref> She went on to specialise in solar power.<ref>{{cite web|title=Darwin College: 17th Annual Lecture Series 2002|url=http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/power/MaryArcher.html|website=www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk|publisher=Darwin College|access-date=4 November 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822010833/http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/power/MaryArcher.html|archive-date=22 August 2008}}</ref>

They have two children: William Archer (born 1972), a theatrical producer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bobandco.co.uk/about-us/people/william-archer/|title=William Archer profile at Bob&Co|location=London|access-date=1 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114100151/http://bobandco.co.uk/about-us/people/william-archer/|archive-date=14 November 2015}}</ref> and [[James Archer (stock trader)|James Archer]] (born 1974), a financial adviser and businessman.

In 1979, the Archers purchased the [[Old Vicarage, Grantchester]],<ref name="Scott2">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Danny |title=At home with Lord and Lady Archer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/at-home-with-lord-and-lady-archer-cvncb5b60 |access-date=17 December 2018 |work=The Times |date=4 November 2018 |archive-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010827/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/at-home-with-lord-and-lady-archer-cvncb5b60 |url-status=live }}</ref> a house associated with the poet [[Rupert Brooke]]. Every summer, they host a lavish garden party in the grounds to celebrate their wedding anniversary.<ref name=Cusick>{{cite news|last1=Cusick|first1=James|title=The Archers entertain a few close friends . . .|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-archers-entertain-a-few-close-friends-and-a-crowd-of-peers-writers-and-ministers-the-champagne-1414717.html|access-date=22 December 2015|work=The Independent|date=17 July 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223045259/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-archers-entertain-a-few-close-friends-and-a-crowd-of-peers-writers-and-ministers-the-champagne-1414717.html|archive-date=23 December 2015}}</ref> Following the near-bankruptcy of the Aquablast scandal, by the early 1980s, Archer was back in a comfortable financial position and began to hold [[shepherd's pie]] and [[Champagne Krug|Krug]] parties for prominent people at his London [[penthouse apartment|penthouse]], which overlooks the [[River Thames]] and the [[Houses of Parliament]].<ref name=Davies/><ref name=Watkins/>

On 26 February 2006, on [[Andrew Marr]]'s ''[[The Andrew Marr Show|Sunday AM]]'' programme, Archer said he had no interest in returning to front-line politics and would pursue his writing instead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4752758.stm|title=Archer 'may vote in Lords again'|date=26 February 2006|publisher=BBC|location=London, UK|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614172311/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4752758.stm|archive-date=14 June 2006}}</ref>