Dickie Arbiter Biography
Dickie Arbiter is a British journalist, television, and radio royal family critic, and international public speaker. From 1988 to 2000, he was Queen Elizabeth II’s press spokesman; in the 1996 Birthday Honours, he was made Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).
How old is Dickie Arbiter? – Age
He is 82 years old as of September 2022. He was born in 1940 in London, United Kingdom. His real name is Richard Winston Arbiter.
Dickie Arbiter Family – Education
Arbiter was born during a London air attack to German Jewish refugee parents. He worked as an actor and stage manager in South Africa, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and the United Republic of Tanzania before becoming a television and radio news reporter in London.
Dickie Arbiter Daughter
He is the father of Victoria Arbiter, a Royal Family pundit.
Dickie Arbitr Book
In October 2014, his book On Duty with the Queen: My Twelve Years as a Buckingham Palace Press Secretary was released.
Dickie Arbitr Career
His most famous on-air blunder happened when he began a radio program with, “I am an oil tanker, Dickie Arbiter is on fire in the Gulf.” This was later immortalized as the title of Fi Glover’s book I Am an Oil Tanker: Travels with My Radio.
When he returned to the UK, he worked as a special events presenter for LBC and as a court correspondent for Independent Radio News. Newsnight, BBC Breakfast, BBC News, This Morning, Larry King Live, and Richard and Judy are among his television appearances.
In March 2021, he was duped into giving his alleged reaction to the Oprah with Meghan and Harry interview by a bogus news firm created by YouTuber pranksters Josh Pieters and Archie Manners two days before the interview aired.