“The Changing Face of the Monarchy” in the Ottawa Citizen
My column in today’s Ottawa Citizen discusses the increased political scrutiny that the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 2, 20135 min read
Royalty and the Atlantic World 1: The Battle for Spain in 1492
1882 painting of King Muhammad XII of Granada surrendering to King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile after the Fall of...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 23, 20131 min read
Why Canada Still Admires the Duchess of Cambridge
In a column for today’s Kingston Whig-Standard, I discuss why the recent criticism concerning the Duchess of Cambridge’s work ethic,...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 20, 20131 min read
Counting One’s Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother edited by William Shawcross (Review)
The outbreak of the First World War was difficult for this united family as it meant the departure of Lady Elizabeth’s elder brothers for...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 10, 20134 min read
Royal Marriage at the Time of “A Royal Affair”
Caroline Mathilde’s bold decision to take control over her personal and political destiny may appear unusual for a Princess raised to...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 5, 20134 min read
What’s Next for the Remains of King Richard III?
The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III, dating from 1520 Researchers at the University of Leicester announced yesterday that...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 4, 20131 min read
Interviews about Richard III on CTV News Channel, CBC Toronto and and Global News
I will be discussing the authentication of King Richard III’s remains on the CTV news channel today (February 4, 2013) at 1:10pm EST and...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 1, 20131 min read
Canada Introduces Royal Succession Bill
My op-ed in today’s Ottawa Citizen compares the Royal Succession Bills of 2013 to the 1701 Act of Settlement. On Thursday January 31, the...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 30, 20131 min read
How Big an Inheritance Awaits the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Baby?
My guest post today on the Bloomberg Echoes: Dispatches from Economic History blog analyzes the what inheritance the Duke and Duchess of...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 29, 20132 min read
Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten by Pamela Hicks (Review)
The King, a well known womanizer, at first assumed that his wife’s cousin had fathered a child out of wedlock and offered to help keep...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 28, 20135 min read
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to Abdicate on April 30, 2013
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced today that she will abdicate on April 30, 2013, allowing her...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 25, 20131 min read
Prince Harry at War
My op-ed in today’s Globe and Mail online discusses the history of royalty and military service in both the United Kingdom and Canada....
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 23, 20135 min read
Debating the Royal Succession
The current practice favours the succession rights of younger brothers over their elder sisters. As Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest child,...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 21, 20131 min read
The Great Survivors: How Monarchy Made It Into the Twenty-First Century by Peter Conradi (Review)
The Great Survivors is an excellent introduction to the full scope of current European royal monarchy. Peter Conradi places all the...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 18, 20131 min read
Margriet of the Netherlands, Ottawa’s Princess, Celebrates 70th Birthday
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Celebrates Her 70th Birthday on January 19. Please see my article in the Ottawa Citizen about her...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 15, 20131 min read
The Victorian Book Reviews 3: Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley
The future Edward VII’s evolution from a self indulgent Prince to a mature King is at the heart of Ridley’s well researched and well...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 7, 20131 min read
The Tudor Book Reviews 10: Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir
Mary Boleyn: Mistress of Kings brings together the scattered and often contradictory source material about King Henry VIII’s shadowy...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 4, 20135 min read
A History of Barcelona in Three Royal Marriages
The original entrance to the Roman city of Barcina and part of the Roman wall On September 11, 2012, around 600,000 demonstrators marched...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 31, 20121 min read
Bringing Them Up Royal: How the Royals Raised Their Children From 1066 to the Present Day by David Cohen (Review)
Bringing Them Up Royal: How the Royals Raised Their Children from 1066 to the Present Day is an excellent subject for a royal history...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 29, 20122 min read
Imperial Requiem: Four Royal Women and the Fall of the Age of Empires by Justin C. Vovk (Review)
While most consorts of deposed monarchs are blamed for their husbands’ political failings, Dona remained a popular figure despite the...
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