Dickie Arbiter
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Who is Dickie Arbiter?
Dickie Arbiter LVO, is a television and radio commentator on the British Royal Family and an international public speaker. He was a press spokesman for Her Majesty The Queen until 2000.
After college in London he was an actor and stage manager in South Africa and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, where he became a television and radio news reporter. His most famous on-air slip was immortalised by Fi Glover as the title of her book I am an Oil Tanker: Travels with My Radio . He started a radio news broadcast with the words - I am an oil tanker, Dickie Arbiter is on fire in the Gulf. Upon his return to the United Kingdom he was a special events presenter for LBC and court correspondent for Independent Radio News
His television appearances include; Newsnight, BBC Breakfast, BBC News, This Morning, Larry King Live and Richard and Judy.
He is the father of Victoria Arbiter who is a commentator on the Royal Family for CBS News.
His book, "Was I Alright" will be published in October 2014
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