Hugo Vickers
Hugo Ralph Vickers is an English writer and broadcaster.
Early life
The son of Ralph Cecil Vickers, M.C., a stockbroker, senior partner in the firm of Vickers, da Costa, by his marriage in 1950 to Dulcie Metcalf, Vickers was born in Lambeth and educated at Eton in the late 1960s and then at Strasbourg University. He has a younger sister, Imogen. His aunt was the politician Baroness Vickers.He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
Other activities
Vickers was appointed chairman of the Jubilee Walkway Trust in October 2002, which had been founded in 1977 as a lasting memory of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and later refurbished and updated to commemorate her Golden Jubilee. Being in this role, he welcomed Queen Elizabeth II and her consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to the Mall to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Queen's coronation in 2003, and again on 19 November 2007, when the royal couple unveiled the Diamond Wedding panoramic panel in Parliament Square. He is also the Chairman of the Outdoor Trust which puts Walkways into Commonwealth countries.Vickers is one of the Deputy Lieutenants of Berkshire.
Personal life
In September 1995, Vickers married Elizabeth Vickers, a second cousin. They have two sons and a daughter.Major publications
- We Want The Queen
- Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough
- The Debrett's Book of the Royal Wedding
- Cecil Beaton: the Authorized Biography
- Vivien Leigh: A Biography
- Loving Garbo: The Story of Greta Garbo, Cecil Beaton and Mercedes de Acosta
- Royal Orders: Honours and the Honoured
- The Kiss: The Story of an Obsession
- Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece
- Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
- Alexis: the Memoirs of the Baron de Rede
- Frances Campbell-Preston, The Rich Spoils of Time
- St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- The Royal Line of Succession
- Behind Closed Doors: the tragic untold story of Wallis Simpson
- The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace Official Souvenir Guide
- James Pope-Hennessy, The Quest for Queen Mary
- The Crown: Truth and Fiction: an Analysis of the Netflix Series THE CROWN The Crown Dissected
- Malice in Wonderland: My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton
- Elstree 175: Celebrating 175 years of Elstree School
- ''Clarissa: Muse to Power, The Untold Story of Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon''
Other publications
- Introduction to The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
- Introduction to The Unexpurgated Beaton by Cecil Beaton
- Introduction to ''Beaton in the Sixties: More Unexpurgated Diaries''