My New Book: On Duty with the Royals
On Duty With The Royals offers a rare insight into what truly happened behind royal walls.
Dickie is one of the very few 'in a position to know,' after spending years as a press secretary to both Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III when he was The Prince of Wales, offering a unique insight into the House of Windsor.
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There is no Royal biographer more knowledgeable than Dickie Arbiter. On Duty with the Royals is a fascinating insider’s glimpse of the Windsors in all their glory and tribulations. It’s a must-read series of essays.
Dickie was in the room. That is what separates this from almost everything else written about those years. Nobody was better placed. Nobody has been more honest about it.
In a world of self-appointed royal experts, it is a joy to read a book from Dickie Arbiter, a man of experience, with 50 years involvement with the Royal Family.
Who is Dickie Arbiter
Dickie Arbiter began his broadcasting career in Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) in the mid-1960s.
After returning to the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, he joined LBC News Radio/IRN (Independent Radio News) as a newscaster and programme presenter.
During the late Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee, he was asked to report on the British royal family.
In 1981, he was responsible for organising the UK’s commercial radio coverage and taking on the role of lead commentator of the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
Royal Journalist & Commentator
With a vast working knowledge of the British Royal family, Dickie's Royal Commentary has a truly international reach in print.
You can find Dickie's work on radio and television networks, podcasts, X, Instagram and Linkedin.
Public Speaker
Dickie’s talks cover a variety of subjects and issues, which means he is in demand whether it is in the UK, USA or aboard cruise ships.
Dickie always feels at home talking to an audience irrespective of size, whether to fifty or a hundred ladies at a sit-down lunch or to several hundred in a cruise ship theatre.
He talks to and not at his audiences and delights in engaging with them. Interaction is important to him, as is the ‘Question and Answer’ session he encourages after his talks.
Dickie & Vickie's Royal Report
More recently Dickie, co-hosting with his daughter Victoria, established a YouTube podcast channel.
Dickie and Vickie’s Royal Report is a pacey roundup of all things Royal and, along the way, manages a bit of myth-busting.
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