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 22, 20131 min read
Interview Regarding Prince Harry’s Return from Afghanistan on the CTV News Channel
For all my Canadian readers, I will be discussing Prince Harry’s return from Afghanistan at 12:30 EST today (January 22, 2013) on the CTV...
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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 9, 20136 min read
Queen Elizabeth II Decrees that all of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Children Will Be Princes and Princesses
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Canada in 2010 Queen Elizabeth II issued new Letters Patent on December 31,...
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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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Carolyn Harris
Dec 6, 20121 min read
What To Expect On Royalhistorian.com in 2013
I leave for Barcelona today and will be away for the next two weeks, delivering lectures about royalty and the Atlantic World on a...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 5, 20121 min read
Today’s Media Interviews Concerning the Duchess of Cambridge’s Pregnancy
Today, December 5, 2012, I will be participating in a Postmedia Live Chat at 2pm about the recent news that the Duke and Duchesss of...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 4, 20121 min read
Today’s Media Interviews Concerning the Duchess of Cambridge’s Pregnancy
Today, I will be discussing the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy on Global News Regina at 8:05am EST and participating in live chats...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 3, 20121 min read
Article in the Ottawa Citizen and Media Interviews Concerning the Duchess of Cambridge’s Pregnancy
An article I have written concerning the significance of the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy was published online today and will appear...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 3, 20123 min read
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are Expecting Their First Child
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a Gala in honour of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London St. James’s Palace announced today that the...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 2, 20121 min read
The Top Ten Royal History Books of 2013
Since founding the Royal Historian website in February, I have had the pleasure of reading and reviewing numerous of royal history books....
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 28, 20124 min read
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Make Their First Visit to Cambridge, a Royal Dukedom since the Restoration
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Visiting the Cambridge Guildhall The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited their namesake city today,...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 25, 20127 min read
From St. Petersburg to Toronto: The Life of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960)
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna at home in Cooksville in 1959 In June, 1959, the widowed seventy-seven year old Mrs. Nikolai Kulikovsky...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 22, 20124 min read
The 20th Anniversary of the Windsor Castle Fire
Windsor Castle, viewed from the air 2012 has been a successful year for Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Family celebrated the Queen’s...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 19, 20123 min read
How Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Will Celebrate Their 65th Wedding Anniversary
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their wedding day, November 20, 1947. On November 20, 2012, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip,...
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