Nicholas and his wife, Georgia, and their four children, have lived in Worcestershire, near Pershore, for twenty years.
Nicholas spent his career working in the magazine industry, variously as Editor-in-Chief of Harpers & Queen, Editorial Director of the British Condé Nast publishing company, Managing Director of Condé Nast, President of Condé Nast International across 31 countries, and Chairman of Condé Nast. He is currently Provost of Eton College, Windsor and Chairman of Historic Royal Palaces – Hampton Court Palace, The Tower of London, Kensington Palace and Hillsborough Castle. He was co-chair of Her Late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant. He has been Chairman of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Chairman of King Charles III’s Campaign for Wool, Chairman of the British Fashion Council, and Chairman of the Professional Publishers Association. He is the author of fourteen books, both fiction and non-fiction.