Global National Interview: Charles in charge: can Prince Charles unite the Commonwealth?
The Prince of Wales Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 92nd birthday on April 21. The recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 19, 20181 min read
Global News Interview: Preparing for a Royal Wedding
Windsor Castle The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is one month away and the preparations include both centuries of royal...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 14, 20181 min read
New Book Chapter about Royalty and The Arts in Canada
From the introduction of The Canadian Kingdom: “In “Royalty and the Arts in Canada,” Carolyn Harris examines royal interest in Canadian...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 23, 20181 min read
New Book Chapter: Royalty and the Arts in Canada in The Canadian Kingdom edited by D. Michael Jackson
Queen Elizabeth II’s role as a curator monarch over the course of her long reign has exerted a profound impact on Canadian art and...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 14, 20181 min read
Imperial Spain: My March-April course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile I will be teaching an eight week course about the history of Imperial Spain at the University...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 29, 20181 min read
NBC Interview: ‘The Crown’: Did Jackie Kennedy really badmouth the Queen?
Jacqueline Kennedy I discussed the portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, Jacqueline Kennedy and the Commonwealth in the Crown on Netflix with...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 14, 20185 min read
Books I’ve Read This Week: January 29-February 4, 2018
My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 20, 20173 min read
5 Key Figures from Prince Philip’s Childhood Who Are Missing from Season 2 of The Crown on Netflix
In Season 2 Episode 9, a remarkably well informed classmate at the Gordonstoun boarding school in Scotland bullies Philip about his...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 18, 20171 min read
My review of Crowns and Colonies (eds. Aldrich and McCreery) in the Royal Studies Journal
The Royal Studies Journal is available online. Click here to read Aldrich & McCreery (eds.), Crowns and Colonies: European Monarchies and...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 29, 20171 min read
CBC News Interview: “This feels very modern’: How Meghan Markle could nudge the House of Windsor into the future
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (photo credit: Hello! Magazine) Further details regarding the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 27, 20171 min read
The Engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Clarence House announced today that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged and will marry in the Spring of 2018. I was interviewed...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 14, 20171 min read
My lectures about Royal Tours of Toronto at Market Gallery on November 17 and 24
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh leaving the Royal York hotel in Toronto on a tour of Canada in 2010. I will be...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 2, 20171 min read
My January-February 2018 course at University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies: Family Life from Medieval to Modern Times
Click here for more information and to register. Course Description: Our views on marriage and childrearing would seem very strange to...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 25, 20173 min read
Imperial Russia Book Reviews: 1913 Diary of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna and Maria and Anastasia: The Youngest Romanov Grand Duchesses in Their Own Words
Two new volumes of Maria’s letters and diaries,1913 Diary of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna: Complete Tercentennial Journal of the Third...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 12, 20173 min read
Tudor Book Reviews: The King’s Pearl by Melita Thomas and So High a Blood by Morgan Ring
The childhood of Queen Mary I has long been viewed through the perspective of her adolescence and adulthood. As Melita Thomas, observes,...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 4, 20171 min read
New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen
The Earl of Aberdeen My latest article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about the Earl of Aberdeen, Governor General of Canada from 1893...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 2, 20171 min read
National Post Interview: What does the governor general do all day? A National Post investigation
Lord Dufferin I discussed the history of the role of the Governor General of Canada with the National Post. In contrast to the United...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 27, 20171 min read
Global News Interview: How Meghan Markle has broken almost every rule for royal girlfriends
I discussed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with Global News. The couple, who appeared in the public together for the first time this week...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 25, 20171 min read
Canadian Press Interview: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle make first official public appearance together
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games (Photo Credit: The Canadian Press) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 25, 20171 min read
Canadian Press Interview: Attention intensifies around Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Invictus Games
Meghan Markle I discussed Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and the history of royal engagements and marriages with the Canadian Press. Here’s...
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