{"id":142188,"date":"2023-10-10T00:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T00:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142188"},"modified":"2023-10-10T00:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T00:55:35","slug":"anthony-holden-the-first-biographer-of-king-charles-dies-aged-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/anthony-holden-the-first-biographer-of-king-charles-dies-aged-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Holden, the first biographer of King Charles, dies aged 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Writer Anthony Holden, the first biographer of King Charles and the author of more than 40 books, dies aged 76<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Award-winning journalist wrote over 40 books, biographies and translations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Writer Anthony Holden, who was the first biographer of the then Prince Charles, has died aged 76.<\/p>\n<p>Holden was a brilliant journalist, whose articles on the Royal Family appeared in the Mail, and the author of more than 40 books.<\/p>\n<p>Among his works were biographies of Laurence Olivier, Tchaikovsky and Shakespeare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also published translations of opera, ancient Greek plays and poetry as well as several books about poker. These included bestseller Big Deal, which was about his year spent as a professional poker player.<\/p>\n<p>Holden was the grandson of the Olympic gold medallist and former England footballer Ivan Sharpe. He married twice and had three sons with his first wife Amanda.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/00\/76358559-12612709-image-m-105_1696895676645.jpg\" height=\"956\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Writer and journalist Anthony Holden, the first biographer of the King, then Prince Charles, has died aged 76<\/p>\n<p>He died on October 7 from brain cancer and stroke complications. Holden was married twice, and had two sons and three grandchildren.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A keen poker enthusiast, he spent one year living the life of a professional player before publishing a book on it, Big Deal: A Year as a Professional Poker Player in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Southport on May 22 1947, Holden started his journalistic career at the Hemel Hempstead Evening Post Echo.<\/p>\n<p>He studied English language and literature at Merton College, Oxford and featured on University Challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He later went on to be US editor for the Observer and assistant editor at the Times, and won several press awards.<\/p>\n<p>His biography of the King, then the Prince of Wales was the first to draw attention to the unique aspects of the Charles&#8217;s upbringing, as the first heir to attend school and gain a degree.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/00\/76358555-12612709-image-m-107_1696895726421.jpg\" height=\"908\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Holden&#8217;s biographies of the King were the first to draw attention to the unique aspects of his upbringing for a royal heir, including him being the first one to attend school and get a degree<\/p>\n<p>In his 1988 work &#8216;Charles&#8217;, he commented that Princess Diana could not help upstaging her husband, and noted that their marriage was at a stage of &#8216;cold indifference&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>His later books focused on important cultural figures including composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and William Shakespeare.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003 he notably threatened to resign from the judging panel of the Whitbread awards if Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban won that year&#8217;s award, and was quoted as saying it would have been a &#8216;national humiliation&#8217; had J.K. Rowling&#8217;s novel scooped the prize.<\/p>\n<p>Holden shared his birthday with his brother, Robin, who was five years his elder.<\/p>\n<p>He was a lifelong supporter of Arsenal and Lancashire County Cricket Club.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12612709\/Writer-Anthony-Holden-biographer-King-Charles-author-40-books-dies-aged-76.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer Anthony Holden, the first biographer of King Charles and the author of more than 40 books, dies aged 76 \u00a0Award-winning journalist wrote over 40 books, biographies and translations Writer Anthony Holden, who was the first biographer of the then Prince Charles, has died aged 76. 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