 He attended The King's School, Canterbury and served in the British Army from 1947 to 1949, reaching the rank of Captain.He read History at Merton College, Oxford from 1949 to 1952, and was awarded an MA in 1956.Price was a journalist with the Westminster Press from 1952 to 1988, as well as the editor of the "Oxford Times" from 1972 to 1988.