Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at the 2009 Trooping of the Colour Parade Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and...

Norton does a masterful job of interpreting documents pertaining to the Blount family, Henry Fitzroy, and other sixteenth century court...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet with President Barack Obama of the United States and his wife Michelle. Since becoming a member of...

One of the great strengths of Sister Queens is Fox’s attention to the settings were these two princesses spent their lives. She has...

King Edward VII opening the 1908 London Olympic Games at White City Stadium Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh,...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s decision to make Canada the setting of their first overseas tour both emphasized the enduring links...

“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...

The Duchess of Cambridge celebrates Canada Day in Ottawa, July 1, 2011 I am quoted in Sun newspapers across Canada today regarding recent...

Prince Harry and Kate Middleton (later the Duchess of Cambridge) attending Prince William's 2008 Investiture into the Order of the Garter...

The effect of Prince Albert’s death on ordinary Britons was no less profound. Long periods of court mourning, which Rappaport observes...

Prince Harry greets the crowds gathered outside Clarence House on April 28, 2011, the day before the wedding of Prince William and...

Popular writers such as Virginia Rounding, author of Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power and Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of...

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling on their wedding day, June 19, 2010 On February 23, 2012, Crown Princess Victoria,...

Elizabeth II’s political impartiality complicates the role of a royal biographer, resulting in many studies of the Queen that reduce her...

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...

Since 1967, the lives of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last Emperor and Empress of Russia, have been synonymous with Robert...

2011 and 2012 saw the publication of numerous books about Queen Elizabeth II’s life and work in honour of the Diamond Jubilee. None of...

The future Edward VIII in the back of a Pierce-Arrow open automobile, wearing a checked cap, during a 1913 visit to Germany I completed...

During my interviews this past week with the Kingston Whig Standard, CBC news, the Globe and Mail, Sun News Network and the CTV news...

Welcome to Carolyn Harris: Royal Historian, the place for historical commentary on today’s royal news. This site’s pages also contain...