David Charter

David Charter is the US Editor of The Times. He is the author of several books, including Au Revoir, Europe (Biteback, 2012) published four years before the UK voted to leave the European Union, which was described as “brutally lucid … [it] should sharpen every political mind” by The Independent and “a well-researched, well-documented and, above all, lucid and objective account” by The Times and Europe In or Out in (Biteback, 2016), a guide to the Brexit referendum described as “extremely useful” by The Economist.

Before being appointed US Editor, he was Berlin Correspondent for The Times for seven years and also worked as its Chief Political Correspondent in the Palace of Westminster and Europe Correspondent in Brussels.

David is British and moved to the United States in 2018. He lives in Washington DC.

Royal Audience: The Queen and US Presidents was published by Putnam in 2024.