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Robert Jobson

b. 1964

Journalist and author

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Born 1964. Robert Jobson is a British journalist and biographer.

Robert Jobson (born 23 March 1964) is a British journalist, author and broadcaster.

Career Journalism Jobson, who has been royal editor of The Sun, Daily Express, News of the World and London Standard, is the royal editor for the Australian breakfast show Sunrise on Channel 7 as well as royal contributor for Good Morning America on US network ABC. He was "Royal Consultant" for Mark Schwahn's originally scripted series The Royals for E! starring British actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Dame Joan Collins and played cameo roles as himself in series 1, 2, 3 and 4.

A Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, he was the recipient of the London Press Club Scoop of the Year award in 2005 for his world exclusive in the Evening Standard about the engagement of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.

As an author He has written several books on the British royal family, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller and New York Times bestseller Catherine, the Princess of Wales: The Biography published in August 2024, and Our King: Charles III: The Man and The Monarch Revealed published April 2023. He also co-authored the 2002 international bestseller Diana: Closely Guarded Secret with Diana, Princess of Wales's Scotland Yard personal protection officer Inspector Ken Wharfe. He and Wharfe also wrote Guarding Diana (2017).

Among Jobson's other notable books are Charles at Seventy: Thoughts, Hopes and Dreams, The Royal Family Operations Manual, Prince Philip's Century 1921-2021: The Extraordinary Life of the Duke of Edinburgh, and William at 40: The Making of a Modern Monarch. Jobson also co-wrote Bulletproof, the life story of Royal Marines Commando and George Cross recipient Matthew Croucher.

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journalist and author

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Robert Jobson was born on 23 March 1964 in Southend-on-Sea.

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Robert Jobson is a journalist and biographer.

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· Wikipedia: Robert Jobson

· Wikidata: Q7346106

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