Michael Arditti

How Cecil Beaton offended the Queen Mother

Hugo Vickers finally shares the gossip about the many colourful celebrities he met in the 1980s while researching his biography of the great fashion photographer

Portrait of Cecil Beaton by Henry Lamb. Credit: ©Philip Mould Ltd, London/Bridgeman Images

  • Malice in Wonderland: My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton

    Hugo Vickers

    Hodder & Stoughton, pp. 352, £25

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