The Monarchy Today with Hugo Vickers

Join us for a talk and Q&A with one of the world's leading experts on the Royal family, Hugo Vickers. Mr. Vickers will discuss the current state of the monarchy and its continued relevance in the 21st century.

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

Hugo is 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, the State Funeral and Committal of The Queen, and the Coronation of Charles III. The Financial Times has described him as "the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet."

Hugo has written many biographies of 20th century figures, including Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh, the Duchess of Windsor, Clarissa, Countess of Avon, Princess Andrew of Greece, and the Queen Mother. He analysed all sixty episodes of the Netflix series The Crown in his book The Crown Dissected, available as an e book. Hugo published his first novel, Pining in Paradise, a study of the super rich on holiday at the Cipriani Hotel in Venice, in 2024.

When not writing, Hugo travels through the Commonwealth and Overseas Territories, establishing Commonwealth Walkways. Through this work he has visited countries ranging from Australia, New Zealand and Canada to the Cook Islands and the Falklands, and as he puts it, was once obliged to spend seven weeks touring the Caribbean. In July 2022 Prince Edward unveiled the Platinum Jubilee Walkway in Birmingham. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Walkways eight times during his time as Chairman.

Hugo is a Deputy Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire and has been involved with the College of St George since February 1966. He is Captain of the Lay Stewards of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, having served as a Lay Steward since 1970. In 2019 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Tickets include entry to the Prince Edward Island Rare Book Fair, which will bring over a dozen dealers in books, prints, ephemera and maps to Charlottetown.

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