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 Hugo Vickers is a
writer and broadcaster, who has written biographies of many twentieth century
figures, including the Queen Mother, Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough, Cecil Beaton,
Vivien Leigh, a study of Greta Garbo, Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece, and his
book, The Private World of The Duke and Duchess of Windsor was illustrated with
pictures from their own collection. Mr Vickers’s book, The Kiss - The Story of an
Obsession won the 1996 Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction.
His latest work is Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, the first major biography since her
death, was published in October 2005 and is now in paperback.
Amongst the books that Hugo Vickers has written are:
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| We Want The Queen |
1977 |
| Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough |
1979 |
| Debrett’s Book of the Royal Wedding |
1981 |
| Cocktails & Laughter |
1983 |
| Cecil Beaton |
1985 |
| Vivien Leigh |
1988 |
| Royal Orders |
1994 |
| Loving Garbo |
1994 |
| The Private World of the Duke & Duchess of
Windsor |
1995 |
| The Kiss |
1996 |
| Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece |
2000 |
| The Unexpurgated Beaton |
2002 |
| Beaton in the Sixties |
2003 |
| Alexis – The Memoirs of the Baron de Redé |
2005 |
| Elizabeth, The Queen Mother |
2005 |
| Horses and Husbands |
2007 |
| St George’s Chapel |
2008 |
The biography of Princess Andrew of Greece was authorised by the Duke of
Edinburgh, and for this book he interviewed many members of the Royal Family.
He has served as Literary Executor to Sir Cecil Beaton from 1987, and also to Sir
Charles Johnston from 1986.
25th February 2008 Hugo Vickers ‘The Queen Mother – A Personal View’
Clacton & North East Essex Arts & Literary
Society
Elizabeth, The Queen
Mother
An illustrated talk on The Queen Mother, one of the
best-loved figures of the Twentieth Century, by Hugo
Vickers, whose 2005 life was hailed by A.N. Wilson as
'the best royal biography I ever read'.
Hugo Vickers tells the story of the Queen Mother,
throwing new light on her early years, her courtship by
the Duke of York, her reactions and involvement with
the Abdication, the war years, the later years of the
King's reign, and, drawing on considerable personal
observation, he illuminates the fifty years she spent
as a working Queen Mother.
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Hugo Vickers is a frequent broadcaster, and is much in demand for royal occasions. He
was an ITN studio guest for the Royal Wedding of 1981, and for the funeral of Diana,
Princess of Wales in 1997.
He commentated with John Suchet at ITN for the wedding of Prince Edward (1999), for the
Queen Mother’s 100th Birthday (2000) and for the Queen Mother’s funeral (2002).
He appears regularly on CNN’s Larry King Live, and has also appeared on Fox TV, NSNBC,
a great number of programmes in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. He was a guest of
Jane Pauley (talking about the Royal Wedding) on the Today show in New York in July
1981. He has done commentaries on ceremonial and state occasions for Sky TV, and for
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Photos by Alan Ainger or direct from performers
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