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    Hugo Vickers

    Hugo Vickers is a writer, broadcaster and royal biographer who has written biographies of people including the Queen Mother and Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough, as well as tomes on Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh, Greta Garbo, Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece, and many more.
    Hugo Vickers: 'Wallis Simpson enjoyed being the King’s friend, but in no way did she want to become his wife, or to cause a major constitutional crisis'

    Why everything we've been told about ‘the woman who stole the King’ is wrong, by toyal biographer Hugo Vickers.

    By Hugo Vickers Published 7 June 26

    • Prince Phillip of Greece, later the Duke of Edinburgh, wearing traditional Greek dress, aged 9. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
      The Duke of Edinburgh, 1921-2021: Renaissance Man, Family Man and tireless pillar for Queen and country

      As the world pays its final respects to the Duke of Edinburgh, royal biographer Hugo Vickers looks at the man and his incomparable contribution to the nation.

      By Hugo Vickers Published 17 April 21

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