The Crown: Fact or Fiction with Hugo Vickers

Join us for a reception and talk with Hugo Vickers, biographer, lecturer, broadcaster, and expert on the Royal Family. The reception will begin at 6 pm and talk will start at 7 pm. There will be further time for mingling after the talk.

Well known biographer, lecturer and broadcaster, Hugo Vickers is an acknowledged expert on the Royal Family.

He is regularly called upon to commentate on important state occasions, and at times when the Royal Family are in the news. He has covered events from the first wedding of the Prince of Wales, many royal weddings and the funerals of Diana, the Queen Mother, Prince Philip and the State Funeral of The Queen. The Financial Times recently described him as: ‘the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet.’

He has written many biographies of 20th century figures, including Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh, the Duchess of Windsor, Princess Andrew of Greece, and the Queen Mother.

In May 2021 he published Malice in Wonderland, with extracts from his own diaries about researching the life of Cecil Beaton. In May 2022 he published a book with HRH The Duke of Kent, entitled A Royal Life.

T ickets include:

• Guest lecture by Mr. Vickers;
• Wine, beer, soft drinks and snacks.

Host or Publisher Fine Book Fairs