My column in today’s Ottawa Citizen discusses the increased political scrutiny that the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince...

Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to the King Edward VII hospital in London today with gastroenteritis. I discussed the Queen’s health on...

1882 painting of King Muhammad XII of Granada surrendering to King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile after the Fall of...

In a column for today’s Kingston Whig-Standard, I discuss why the recent criticism concerning the Duchess of Cambridge’s work ethic,...

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...

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI surprised the world on February 11, 2013 when he resigned from the papacy. Although Pope John Paul II...

Caroline Mathilde’s bold decision to take control over her personal and political destiny may appear unusual for a Princess raised to...

The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III, dating from 1520 Researchers at the University of Leicester announced yesterday that...

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...

Like many of her fellow first class passengers on the Titanic, Lady Duff Gordon was a self made entrepreneur who had risen from humble...

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...

My guest post today on the Bloomberg Echoes: Dispatches from Economic History blog analyzes the what inheritance the Duke and Duchess of...

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...

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced today that she will abdicate on April 30, 2013, allowing her...

I will be discussing the forthcoming abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands at 6:30pm EST on the CTV News Channel today (January...

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....

The current practice favours the succession rights of younger brothers over their elder sisters. As Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest child,...

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...

The Great Survivors is an excellent introduction to the full scope of current European royal monarchy. Peter Conradi places all the...

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Celebrates Her 70th Birthday on January 19. Please see my article in the Ottawa Citizen about her...