Hugo Vickers
| Hugo Vickers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Hugo Ralph Vickers 12 November 1951 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Author, broadcaster, biographer, journalist |
Hugo Ralph Vickers DL (born 12 November 1951) is an English writer, broadcaster and journalist.
Educated at Eton College and Strasbourg University, Vickers has written many royal biographies, including ones of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Alice of Greece—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.
In September 2001, Vickers wrote a Victorian Evening where he performed alongside Prunella Scales, in the presence of the Earl and Countess of Wessex. A year later in 2002, he compiled an evening of poetry, prose and music—called The Queen Mother's Century; in 2005 he devised a programme of Desert Island Discs, interviewing Robert Hardy who portrayed Sir Winston Churchill; he wrote an anthology of readings and music called The Queen's Childhood in September 2006. Once again, Vickers starred on Desert Island Discs in 2007. In September of that year, he wrote (and designed the set and selected the music on its first showing) his first one-man show, entitled A Lonely Poet, which starred Charles Duff. This show was later renamed The Immortal Dropout.
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