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Jul 17, 20191 min read

The Nordic Nations: From Vikings to Modernity – My Fall 2019 course at the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies

In October-November, 2019, I will be teaching a new course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies – The Nordic...

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Carolyn Harris

Jul 10, 20191 min read

New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Earl Grey

My latest article in The Canadian Encyclopedia is about Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911 (and the...

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Carolyn Harris

Jul 3, 20191 min read

CBC News Interview: What Should a Prince of Wales Do?

I discussed the 50th anniversary of the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales with Janet Davison at CBC News. Here’s an...

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Carolyn Harris

Jun 25, 20191 min read

New BBC History Magazine Article: Charles, The Prince of Wales’s investiture at Caernarfon Castle, 50 years on

My latest article on the BBC History Magazine’s website History Extra is about the 50th anniversary of Prince Charles’s Investiture as...

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New Book Review in the Royal Studies Journal: Queen of the World by Robert Hardman

Carolyn Harris

Jun 15, 20191 min read

New Book Review in the Royal Studies Journal: Queen of the World by Robert Hardman

My review of Queen of World by Robert Hardman is now available to read online in the latest issue of the Royal Studies Journal! Click...

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Carolyn Harris

May 31, 20191 min read

New BBC History Magazine Article: From pageantry to controversy: a brief history of state visits

My latest article on the BBC History Magazine’s History Extra website is about the history of State Visits to the United Kingdom. Here is...

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Carolyn Harris

May 24, 20191 min read

Daily Express Interview: Queen Victoria Legacy: Her crucial decision which paved way for Royal Family as we know it

Queen Victoria was born 200 years ago today on May 24, 1819. Her sixty-three year reign had a profound impact on the history of the...

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Carolyn Harris

May 20, 20191 min read

CBC News Interview: Another royal wedding — but not so much pomp

On May 18, 2019, Lady Gabriella Windsor (the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent) married Thomas Kingston at...

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Carolyn Harris

May 10, 20191 min read

New BBC History Magazine article: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor: the history behind the royal baby name

I wrote a short history of the name Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor for the BBC History Magazine. I discussed the long history of the...

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Carolyn Harris

May 9, 20191 min read

New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Lady Lansdowne

My latest article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about Lady Lansdowne, viceregal consort of Canada from 1883 to 1888 and Lady of the...

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Carolyn Harris

May 8, 20191 min read

CBC News Interview: Archie has arrived

I discussed The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s newborn son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor with Janet Davison for the CBC royal...

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Carolyn Harris

May 7, 20191 min read

CBC News Channel Interview: Royal Historian Talks About The Latest Addition to the Royal Family

I discussed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s newborn son in a series of interviews on the CBC News Channel and CBC Radio on the day of...

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Carolyn Harris

May 6, 20191 min read

The Atlantic Interview: The New Royal Baby’s Historical Significance

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed a baby boy today. The newborn is 7th in line to the throne after his grandfather Prince Charles,...

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Carolyn Harris

May 5, 20191 min read

CBC News Interview: Are Meghan and Harry really going to Africa?

I discussed the history of speculation and rumours surrounding royal births from the seventeenth century to the present day with Janet...

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Carolyn Harris

Apr 30, 20191 min read

New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: The Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada

My new article in the Historica Canada Canadian Encyclopedia is about Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne,...

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Carolyn Harris

Apr 22, 20191 min read

Today Interview: Queen Elizabeth changed how royal babies eat. Will Meghan Markle do the same?

I discussed the history of royal parenting and how royal babies were fed over the past few centuries with Aly Walansky at Today. The...

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Carolyn Harris

Apr 21, 20191 min read

CBC News Interview: Are Harry and Meghan breaking tradition — or setting trends?

I discussed the history of royal births with Janet Davison at CBC News including the experiences of the Tudors and Queen Victoria. The...

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Carolyn Harris

Apr 20, 20191 min read

Today Interview: Royal parenting over the years: From distant and lonely to loving and hands-on

I discussed royal parenting over the past century with Laura T. Coffey from Today. One hundred years ago, King George V’s and Queen...

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Carolyn Harris

Apr 19, 20191 min read

Daily Express Interview: Royal baby name: Will Meghan Markle and Harry choose ‘on trend’ name for Baby Sussex?

I discussed the history of royal baby names with Kat Hopps at the Daily Express. While royalty often choose names that belonged to royal...

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Carolyn Harris

Apr 16, 20191 min read

TIME Interview: How a Royal Baby Is Born, From Tudor Times to Meghan Markle’s Modernity

I discussed the history of royal births with Olivia B. Waxman at TIME. The circumstances surrounding the arrival of royal children have...

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Carolyn Harris Royal Historian

Carolyn Harris Royal Historian