Dickie Arbiter
Dickie Arbiter, a former press secretary to HM The Queen, is a television & radio journalist with over thirty five years experience covering royalty, heads of state, and other globally recognised personalities. Having had unprecedented access to so many notable figures of our time, he now brings his personal insights into the public forum as a multi-media royal commentator and international lecturer.
Dickie began his television and radio career in the 1960s in Southern Africa. After returning to the UK in the early 1970s, he began travelling extensively both at home and abroad, covering the British monarchy, his area of expertise.
In 1988, he joined the Buckingham Palace Press Office serving as a press spokesman to HM The Queen, as well as managing the media relations for The Prince of Wales and the late Diana Princess of Wales. He was also responsible for the media management of all Royal ceremonial occasions, as well as major engagements in the UK for The Queen including inward state visits and state events inside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
Additionally, Dickie handled all the operational media requirements necessary for Royal funerals, including that of the late Diana Princess of Wales.
With his vast working knowledge of the British Royal family, Dickie is a regular Royal commentator for the major UK, US, European, Australian & Far Eastern television and radio networks. He is a regular Royal contributor to news and documentaries on BBC, SKY and ITN, This Morning - ITV, Richard & Judy - Channel Four, Larry King Live - CNN, The Today Show, Dateline & Access Hollywood - NBC, MSNBC Live, Good Morning America - ABC, CBS News, CBC Canada, Geraldo Riviera - Fox News, ZDF & ARD Germany, ABC and Channel 7 Australia, and other major international networks.
He is a public speaker and lectures regularly in the United States on the British Monarchy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and The Palace and The Press.
Dickie has a passion for ice dancing and, time permitting, teaches anyone brave enough to take to the ice. He is also enjoys reading, the theatre, opera and ballet.
THE PALACE AND THE PRESS
To the uninitiated the British media takes some understanding. Nowhere in the world do ten national daily newspapers compete so vociferously seven days a week and fifty two weeks of the year. For decades there has been a love hate relationship between the monarchy and the media, and no-one is quite sure who hates or loves the other more.
The newspaper industry, in particular, is very dependent upon a good headline and lead story to boost sales and the more salacious and sensational, the better.
In The Palace and the Press Dickie Arbiter examines the relationship between the royals and the media and why, when the going gets tough the royal family rolls over in veiled acceptance. Very rarely has it sought injunctions to stop stories appearing in print, and more often it has contributed, wittingly and unwittingly, to a story gathering a head of steam.
The British monarchy, constitutionally, does not have the luxury and freedom of answering back as does the head of government and in her time The Queen has been at the receiving end of satire, scrutiny, offensiveness, invasion of privacy and irrational prejudice decade after decade after decade.
With the benefits of working closely with The Queen, he describes the media peaks and troughs and his experiences with Charles and Diana, and the impact and crisis management of the monarchy following the impact on the sudden death of Diana.
With his vast knowledge and insights of nearly forty years as an accredited Royal reporter, press secretary, international television and radio commentator and lecturer, Dickie’s perspective kills off some of the myths that have built up over the years by a succession of armchair royal watchers.
Dickie Arbiter, a former press secretary to HM The Queen, is a television & radio journalist with over thirty five years experience covering royalty, heads of state, and other globally recognised personalities. Having had unprecedented access to so many notable figures of our time, he now brings his personal insights into the public forum as a multi-media royal commentator and international lecturer.
Dickie began his television and radio career in the 1960s in Southern Africa. After returning to the UK in the early 1970s, he began travelling extensively both at home and abroad, covering the British monarchy, his area of expertise.
In 1988, he joined the Buckingham Palace Press Office serving as a press spokesman to HM The Queen, as well as managing the media relations for The Prince of Wales and the late Diana Princess of Wales. He was also responsible for the media management of all Royal ceremonial occasions, as well as major engagements in the UK for The Queen including inward state visits and state events inside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
Additionally, Dickie handled all the operational media requirements necessary for Royal funerals, including that of the late Diana Princess of Wales.
With his vast working knowledge of the British Royal family, Dickie is a regular Royal commentator for the major UK, US, European, Australian & Far Eastern television and radio networks. He is a regular Royal contributor to news and documentaries on BBC, SKY and ITN, This Morning - ITV, Richard & Judy - Channel Four, Larry King Live - CNN, The Today Show, Dateline & Access Hollywood - NBC, MSNBC Live, Good Morning America - ABC, CBS News, CBC Canada, Geraldo Riviera - Fox News, ZDF & ARD Germany, ABC and Channel 7 Australia, and other major international networks.
He is a public speaker and lectures regularly in the United States on the British Monarchy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and The Palace and The Press.
Dickie has a passion for ice dancing and, time permitting, teaches anyone brave enough to take to the ice. He is also enjoys reading, the theatre, opera and ballet.
THE PALACE AND THE PRESS
To the uninitiated the British media takes some understanding. Nowhere in the world do ten national daily newspapers compete so vociferously seven days a week and fifty two weeks of the year. For decades there has been a love hate relationship between the monarchy and the media, and no-one is quite sure who hates or loves the other more.
The newspaper industry, in particular, is very dependent upon a good headline and lead story to boost sales and the more salacious and sensational, the better.
In The Palace and the Press Dickie Arbiter examines the relationship between the royals and the media and why, when the going gets tough the royal family rolls over in veiled acceptance. Very rarely has it sought injunctions to stop stories appearing in print, and more often it has contributed, wittingly and unwittingly, to a story gathering a head of steam.
The British monarchy, constitutionally, does not have the luxury and freedom of answering back as does the head of government and in her time The Queen has been at the receiving end of satire, scrutiny, offensiveness, invasion of privacy and irrational prejudice decade after decade after decade.
With the benefits of working closely with The Queen, he describes the media peaks and troughs and his experiences with Charles and Diana, and the impact and crisis management of the monarchy following the impact on the sudden death of Diana.
With his vast knowledge and insights of nearly forty years as an accredited Royal reporter, press secretary, international television and radio commentator and lecturer, Dickie’s perspective kills off some of the myths that have built up over the years by a succession of armchair royal watchers.
