The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Honeymoon Photographs, Princess Diana and the Royal Image
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Canada Day, 2011, some weeks after their honeymoon in the Seychelles. In the past week, the...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 10, 20124 min read
The Royal History of Canada’s Maritime Provinces Round 2: Honouring the King at Fort Louisbourg
The reconstructed stronghold at Fort Louisbourg, Cape Breton, which housed the governor, bachelor officers and ordinary soldiers. The...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 9, 20122 min read
The Tudor Book Reviews 4: The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican by Catherine Fletcher
In The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican, Catherine Fletcher presents the negotiations surrounding the...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 4, 20124 min read
The Royal History of Canada’s Maritime Provinces Round 1: Hanoverian Halifax
View of Halifax from Fort George on Citadel Hill. The city's early history was shaped by the eighteenth century monarchy. I spent the...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 11, 20123 min read
Prince Philip at 91 and the Historical Role of a Reigning Queen’s Consort
Prince Philip in 2008. “When King George died, [biographer Giles Brandreth] asked Prince Philip, “did you know what to expect?” “No,” he...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 7, 20124 min read
Comparing Prince William and Prince Charles at 30
Prince William in 2010, wearing his Royal Air Force uniform Prince William, Duke of Cambridge will turn thirty on June 21, 2012. Today,...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 6, 20121 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Series 4: The Jubilee Queen of Canada
The fourth and final article of my four part series about Queen Elizabeth II in Canada was published today in the Kingston Whig Standard....
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 5, 20121 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Series 3: The Celebrity Queen of Canada
The third article in my four part series about Queen Elizabeth II in Canada was published today. Click here to read “The Celebrity Queen...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 4, 20121 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Series 2: The Controversial Queen of Canada
The second article in my four part Diamond Jubilee Series about the Queen in Canada was published today, covering Queen Elizabeth II’s...
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Carolyn Harris
Jun 1, 20124 min read
Canada and Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
The Official Photograph of Queen Victoria for her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 This weekend, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen...
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Carolyn Harris
May 31, 20122 min read
The Medieval Book Reviews 3: Eleanor de Montfort, A Rebel Countess in Medieval England by Louise J. Wilkinson
Although Eleanor enjoyed a warm relationship with her brother in childhood, she identified herself completely with Simon’s cause,...
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Carolyn Harris
May 30, 20123 min read
Death of Queen Victoria’s last surviving great-grandchild, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte and his second wife Gunilla Wachtmeister at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel...
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Carolyn Harris
May 23, 20123 min read
The Duchess of Cornwall’s Speech in Canada
The Duchess of Cornwall in April, 2011 During the Jubilee Tour of Canada by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, which...
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Carolyn Harris
May 17, 20123 min read
Prince Charles’s Reputation and the History of the Royal Heir in the Press
Charles, Prince of Wales As Canada prepares to host the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall for their Diamond Jubilee visit, the...
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Carolyn Harris
May 16, 20123 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Lunch and the Queen’s Role as an Impartial Constitutional Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the 2009 Trooping of the Colour Celebrations. Queen Elizabeth II has invited...
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Carolyn Harris
May 12, 20123 min read
The Proposed Changes to the Royal Marriages Act
The Earl of Athlone (seated right) with the Allied leaders at the Quebec Conferences. Amelia Beaumont is the great-great granddaughter of...
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Carolyn Harris
May 9, 20123 min read
Prince Harry Goes to Washington, A Welcoming Place for a Prince!
Prince Harry delivering a speech at the official press launch of Walking with the Wounded in March, 2010 Prince Harry visited Washington...
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Carolyn Harris
May 7, 20121 min read
The King’s Mistress by Claudia Gold (Book Review)
Gold is understandably sympathetic to Melusine’s situation as the unofficial royal consort. Her narrative, however often shows the same...
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Carolyn Harris
May 3, 20124 min read
Pippa Middleton and the Enduring Fascination with Relatives of Royalty
The Royal Family and Wedding Party on the Balcony of Buckingham Palace on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding day, April 29,...
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Carolyn Harris
May 2, 20121 min read
Dr. Carolyn Harris, Royal Historian
This morning, I successfully defended my PhD in history at Queen’s University and became Dr. Carolyn Harris. Portrait of Marie Antoinette...
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