Hugo Vickers

Hugo Ralph Vickers DL (born 12 November 1951) is an English writer, broadcaster and journalist.

Vickers has written many royal biographies, including ones of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark—which was approved by her son, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh—and Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Over the course of his career, he has regularly participated in royal occasions, being a studio guest for both the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 and Diana’s funeral in 1997. Moreover, he commentated on ITN with John Suchet in 1999 for the wedding of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie Rhys-Jones, for the Queen Mother’s centenary celebrations in 2000, and for her funeral two years later. He frequently appeared on CNN‘s former programme, Larry King Live, and has also appeared on Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and television programmes in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Books in order of publication:

Art Of Judgement	1965
Debrett’s Book Of The Royal Wedding	1981
Cecil Beaton	1986
Vivian Leigh	1988
Loving Garbo: The Story of Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton, and Mercedes de Acosta	1994
Royal Orders: Honours and the Honored	1994
The Private World of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor	1996
The Kiss	1996
Key Moments In Architecture	1999
Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece	2000
The Queen Mother	2000
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother	2005
Alexis: The Memoirs Of The Baron De Redé	2005
Horses & Husbands	2007
St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle	2008
The Royal Line of Succession	2010
Behind Closed Doors	2011
The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace: Official Souvenir Guide	2012
A Walk for the Queen: The Story of the Jubilee Walkway & the Jubilee Greenway	2012
Coronation	2013
The Crown: Truth & Fiction: An Expert Analysis of Netflix Series, THE CROWN	2017
Baron de Redé : Souvenirs et portraits	2017
The Crown Dissected	2019
The Crown Dissected: Seasons 1, 2 and 3	2020
The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon – Duchess of Marlborough	2020