The Duchess of Cornwall to be Patron of the Katherine Parr Quincentenary Festival at Sudeley Castle
The Gatehouse at Sudeley Castle near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. Henry VIII's sixth wife Katherine Parr livedthere during her...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 31, 20123 min read
Queen Elizabeth II’s second great-grandchild Isla Elizabeth Phillips born March 29, 2012: Canadians in the Royal Family
Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne and eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II attending the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing with his...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 29, 20123 min read
Changing the Experience at Kensington Palace
View of the entrance to Kensington Palace taken in January, 2009, before the recent refurbishment of the public galleries. The state...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 27, 20122 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Book Reviews 4: The Evolving Canadian Crown edited by Jennifer Smith and D. Michael Jackson
Joyal argues that the appointment of Canadian born Governors General has resulted in a “hybrid” system where the Queen actually reigns...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 26, 20124 min read
Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice to attend Royal Maundy Service at York Minster, April 5, 2012
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at the 2009 Trooping of the Colour Parade Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 25, 20122 min read
The Tudor Book Reviews 2: Bessie Blount, the King’s Mistress by Elizabeth Norton
Norton does a masterful job of interpreting documents pertaining to the Blount family, Henry Fitzroy, and other sixteenth century court...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 23, 20122 min read
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Makes Her First Public Speech at the East Anglia Children’s Hospice in Ipswitch
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet with President Barack Obama of the United States and his wife Michelle. Since becoming a member of...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 20, 20122 min read
The Tudor Book Reviews 1: Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
One of the great strengths of Sister Queens is Fox’s attention to the settings were these two princesses spent their lives. She has...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 16, 20123 min read
Royals at the Olympics: The Involvement of European Royalty in the Modern Olympic Games
King Edward VII opening the 1908 London Olympic Games at White City Stadium Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh,...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 14, 20122 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Book Reviews 3: The Secret of the Crown: Canada’s Affair With Royalty by John Fraser
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s decision to make Canada the setting of their first overseas tour both emphasized the enduring links...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 13, 20122 min read
That Woman by Anne Sebba: Book Review of the latest biography of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
“I who had sought no place in history would now be assured of one – an appalling one, carved out by blind prejudice.” — Wallis Simpson in...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 12, 20122 min read
Canadian Support for the Monarchy Appears to Change According to the Survey Question
The Duchess of Cambridge celebrates Canada Day in Ottawa, July 1, 2011 I am quoted in Sun newspapers across Canada today regarding recent...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 10, 20123 min read
Prince Harry in Jamaica, the Duchess of Cambridge in Leicester and the Apprenticeship of a New Generation of Royals
Prince Harry and Kate Middleton (later the Duchess of Cambridge) attending Prince William's 2008 Investiture into the Order of the Garter...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 8, 20121 min read
Book Review of Helen Rappaport, A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death that Changed the British Monarchy
The effect of Prince Albert’s death on ordinary Britons was no less profound. Long periods of court mourning, which Rappaport observes...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 5, 20123 min read
Royals of the Caribbean 2: Prince Harry is Partying with a Purpose in Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Brazil
Prince Harry greets the crowds gathered outside Clarence House on April 28, 2011, the day before the wedding of Prince William and...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 3, 20122 min read
The Romanov Book Reviews 2: Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great
Popular writers such as Virginia Rounding, author of Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power and Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 1, 20123 min read
Crown Princess Victoria’s newborn daughter Estelle set to become next Queen of Sweden
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling on their wedding day, June 19, 2010 On February 23, 2012, Crown Princess Victoria,...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 28, 20121 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Book Reviews 2: Sally Bedell Smith, Elizabeth The Queen
Elizabeth II’s political impartiality complicates the role of a royal biographer, resulting in many studies of the Queen that reduce her...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 15, 20122 min read
Royals of the Caribbean: The 2012 Diamond Jubilee Commonwealth Tours Begin
I leave for the Cayman Islands this Friday and will be there on holiday for Reading Week. That means there will be no further posts on...
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Carolyn Harris
Feb 14, 20123 min read
The Valentine’s Day Book Review: Virginia Rounding, Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina
Since 1967, the lives of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last Emperor and Empress of Russia, have been synonymous with Robert...
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