Background
Wilson was born in Lancashire in 1947, the son of a naval officer
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Christopher Wilson
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He was educated at Bedford Modern School.
Career
Wilson began his career at the Bedfordshire Times before moving to Fleet Street to work for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Telegraph. He subsequently worked for Independent Television as one of the first Environment correspondents. After Independent Television, Wilson returned to Fleet Street as diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Express, later becoming the William Hickey Columnist, a position previously held by Nigel Dempster.
Following his tenure at the Daily Express, Wilson continued his career as a journalist for The Times, the Daily Telegraph and Today before becoming a full-time Royal Biographer.
Wilson lectures on the British Royal Family and is a regular contributor to television documentaries and debates on the subject. He has been associate producer of three Channel Four documentaries on royalty.
In 2009 he was appointed a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Winchester. These encourage student journalists into the profession, and form the core of British journalism"s longest-established independent charity which, since it inception, has granted would-be writers prize money worth over £100,000.
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. lieutenant is now re-sited in the public gardens of the Goldsmiths Company in Gresham Street, London EC2.
Membership
In recognition of this work Wilson was elected an honorary member of Street Edmund Hall"s senior common room in 1998.
