Christopher Wilson (biographer)

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Christopher Wilson
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Royal Biographer

Christopher Wilson (born 1947) is a journalist, novelist (as TP Fielden), and biographer.[1]

Life

Wilson was born in Lancashire in 1947, the son of a naval officer.[2][3] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1]

Wilson began his career at the

environment correspondents.[2]

After

royal biographer
.

Wilson lectures on the

British Royal Family
and is a regular contributor to TV documentaries and debates on the subject. He has been associate producer of three Channel Four documentaries on royalty, and in 2022 was chief commentator on Queen Elizabeth II's death and funeral for Al Jazeera TV.

In 2009 he was appointed a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Winchester.[2]

In February 2017, as TP Fielden, he published The Riviera Express (HarperCollins/HQ),[4] first in a series of 1950s murder mysteries featuring Miss Dimont, former naval Intelligence officer turned local newspaper reporter. Commencing in 2020 a new series, set in wartime Buckingham Palace and featuring artist/courtier/spy Guy Harford, was published by Thomas & Mercer.

Student journalism

As a result of the death of a young colleague in the

1983 Harrods bombing, Wilson founded in conjunction with St Edmund Hall, Oxford, the Philip Geddes Awards. These encourage student journalists into the profession, and form the core of British journalism's longest-established independent charity which, since its inception, has granted would-be writers prize money worth over £100,000. In recognition of this work Wilson was elected an honorary member of St Edmund Hall's senior common room in 1998.[5]

The Three Printers

The Three Printers sculpture in its new location in 2017

Wilson was instrumental in the rescue of the only public monument to journalism, Three Printers by Wilfred Dudeney (1911–1989). Originally sited in New Street Square behind Fleet Street, the sculpture disappeared during the square's 2005 redevelopment and was destined for a builder's crusher until his intervention. It is now re-sited in the public gardens of the

Goldsmiths' Company in Gresham Street, London EC2.[6]

Publications

(As TP Fielden)

  • Betraying The Crown - published by Thomas & Mercer, 2022[7]
  • Burying The Crown - .published by Thomas & Mercer, 2021[8]
  • Stealing The Crown - published by Thomas & Mercer, 2020[9]
  • Died And Gone To Devon - published by HQ/HarperCollins, 2019[10]
  • A Quarter Past Dead - published by HQ/HarperCollins, 2018[11]
  • Resort To Murder - published by HarperCollins, 2018[12]
  • The Riviera Express - published by HarperCollins, 2017[13]

*

(As Christopher Wilson)

  • The Riviera Express (as TP Fielden). Published by HarperCollins/HQ, 2017[4]
  • Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue, by Christopher Wilson. Published by HarperCollins/St Martin's Griffin, 2002 [14]
  • The Windsor Knot: Charles, Camilla, and the Legacy of Diana, by Christopher Wilson. Published by Pinnacle, 2002[15]
  • Around the World in 80 Years, by Christopher Wilson and Arne Larsson. Published by Ankroon Publishing, 2002[16]
  • Absolutely… Goldie, by Christopher Wilson. Published by HarperCollins Entertainment, 1999[17]
  • A Greater Love, by Christopher Wilson. Published by Headline/William Morrow & Co, 1994[18]
  • Diana v Charles, by Christopher Wilson and James Whitaker. Published by Viking, 1993/Greymalkin 2018 [19]
  • By Invitation Only, by Christopher Wilson and Richard Young. Published by Quartet Books, 1981[20]

References

  1. ^ a b Bedford Modern School of the Black and Red by Andrew Underwood (1981); reset and updated (2010)
  2. ^ a b c SEO IY e-Solutions 2007. "Christopher Wilson is a leading author, broadcaster and journalist on the British royal family". christopherwilson.info.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk.
  4. ^ a b "The Riviera Express by TP Fielden – Hardcover | HarperCollins". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ^ "geddes". geddes. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ^ "The ghosts of Fleet Street past : Three Printers by Wilfred Dudeney". The Crimson Rambler. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. OCLC 1281588790
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  8. OCLC 1255465674
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  9. OCLC 1198604711.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  10. OCLC 1079411873.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  11. OCLC 1063753866.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  12. OCLC 1064651287.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  13. OCLC 974928573.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  14. OCLC 44564584
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  15. OCLC 50247018
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  16. OCLC 50580980
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  17. OCLC 42642074
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  18. OCLC 30027828
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  19. OCLC 29346755
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  20. OCLC 16559690
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