Royalty and the Atlantic World 2: Napoleon, Josephine and the French Caribbean
Artist's interpretation of Napoleon Bonaparte courting the widowed Rose de Beauharnais, who he would later rename Josephine On May 20,...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 8, 20131 min read
The Queen’s Health and the Future of the Monarchy
My column in the Saturday Kingston Whig Standard discusses how the monarchy may change in the coming years. The Queen’s children and...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 7, 20131 min read
Upcoming Radio Interview about the Upcoming Royal Baby
I will be discussing the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy on The World Today Weekend with Marcella Bernardo on CKNW AM 980 Radio...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 6, 20131 min read
The Deadly Sisterhood: A Story of Women, Power and Intrigue in the Italian Renaissance (Book Review)
Frieda also places the entire Borgia family in context. Pope Alexander VI is famous as the corrupt figure whose excesses brought the...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 4, 20131 min read
“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 3, 20131 min read
Interview Concerning the Queen’s Health on Global News The National
Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to the King Edward VII hospital in London today with gastroenteritis. I discussed the Queen’s health on...
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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 15, 20133 min read
Saintly, Sinful and Surplus: The Six Popes Who Resigned Before Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI surprised the world on February 11, 2013 when he resigned from the papacy. Although Pope John Paul II...
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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 3, 20131 min read
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: Titanic’s First Class Passengers and Their World by Hugh Brewster (Review)
Like many of her fellow first class passengers on the Titanic, Lady Duff Gordon was a self made entrepreneur who had risen from humble...
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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 28, 20131 min read
Interview Regarding the Abdication of Queen Beatrix on the CTV New Channel
I will be discussing the forthcoming abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands at 6:30pm EST on the CTV News Channel today (January...
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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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