For 20 years a leading Fleet Street journalist with columns in The Times, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Express and Today, he is now a best-selling biographer and (as TP Fielden) novelist.
Most recently the creator of the Buckingham Palace Murders featuring 1940s artist-turned spy Guy Harford, and the English Riviera Mysteries featuring 1950s supersleuth Miss Dimont, Christopher remains an internationally in-demand writer on royal matters, with regular appearances in TV documentaries and reports across the globe.
His biography of Queen Camilla is the acknowledged source material for all other books and TV films on the subject, and his groundbreaking research on the life and family of Catherine, Princess of Wales is also a primary source for biographers and film-makers.
Christopher co-hosting TV coverage of the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla for Al Jazeera, 6 May 2023
In addition his other books include the highly acclaimed Absolutely Goldie which remains, despite the Oscar-winning actress’s own autobiography, the only full account of her extraordinary life; Around The World in 80 Years, a biography of the Swedish shipping mogul Arne Larsson; and By Invitation Only, a satire on London society life.
Christopher Wilson is the co-founder of Oxford University’s journalism awards, and for his work in support of student journalism he was elected a member of the Senior Common Room at St Edmund Hall, Oxford’s oldest college. He lives in Devon.