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On Duty With The Queen

By: Lynne Barrett-Lee
Narrated by: Dickie Arbiter
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Dickie Arbiter was spokesman for the Queen during the most turbulent period of her reign. On Duty With The Queen is an open and engaging account of his life and his fascinating role in serving this unique family at a time of momentous change.

Dickie gives his personal insights into events that shaped his relationship with the Royal family over the years, from joining the Queen on a picnic at Balmoral in 1988 to being alongside her at the time of the death of Diana Princess of Wales in 1997.

In this honest and entertaining audiobook, Dickie Arbiter recounts his life's journey from a broadcast journalist to becoming a press spokesman to the Royal family, and back again to journalism. He discusses the inner workings of everyday life in Buckingham Palace, and what it was really like to work under the media spotlight with the most famous family in the world. Europe Great Britain Politics & Activism Royalty England Thought-Provoking
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Listening to his experiences with the Queen and historical facts about the Royal Family and his career

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A nice listen, nothing overly exciting in the book but still nice to listen to stories about the royals.

Satisfied

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The book ended far too soon. I’m sure there are many more anecdotes Mr Arbiter might be able to share in a future edition.

A fascinating story

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Fantastic biography of Dickie Arbiter read by himself with many stories from his time at working at the palace. But also loved the flit back in time occasionally to his childhood. If I had one negative then that would be that he tended to talk too quickly at times.

Easy listening

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I really enjoyed this book from start to finish, good stories, very sad & moving at times, as there are other angles of Diana’s fatal accident, from an insiders point of view, this gentleman is obviously well thought of within the royal family, but just enough information without giving any secrets away.

Excellent insight into Royal Family

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