Mary Archer evidence at the High Court in a libel case brought by her husband against the "Daily Star" newspaper, which claimed Jeffrey had slept with a prostitute called Monica Coghlan. During his summing up at the end of the trial, the judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, asked: "Has she elegance? Has she fragrance? Would she have, without the strain of this trial, radiance?" In 2001, when Jeffrey Archer was accused of having committed perjury in the 1987 trial, she appeared at the Old Bailey to defend him. Jeffrey Archer was subsequently convicted and imprisoned for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Contaminated blood scandal in the United Kingdom campaigned for an inquiry into the tainted blood scandal alongside Lord Owen, who was the Health Minister from 1974 to 1976, Lord Jenkin, former Shadow Health Secretary, and others. They were unsuccessful. In a 1990 episode of "The Cook Report", Owen said: "I can see why some people would be unhappy with having all the facts revealed because it will show negligence". In September 2016 Owen gave a speech in London during which he said the scandal had been covered-up. Archer chaired a privately funded independent investigation set up in 2007. The Archer Report was published in 2009 and aimed