Authored Works

2024​

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Four Kings of Canada, July 22, 2024

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Mary Countess of Harewood (HRH The Princess Royal), May 13, 2024

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Hilda Marion Neatby, May 8, 2024

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Anne, May 1, 2024

• Zoomer Magazine, A King’s Ransom, April/May 2024 issue

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, David Ross McCord, March 25, 2024

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Louis XIV, January 24, 2024

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Laura Muntz Lyall, January 22, 2024

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2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Robert Sympson Jameson, December 11, 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Frederick William Beechey, November 14, 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Anna Brownell Jameson, October 25, 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Robert Laidlaw MacMillan, October 13, 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Isabel Mackenzie King, October 4, 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Frances Anne Hopkins, September 21 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Margaret MacMillan, August 15, 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Charlotte Gray, August 11, 2023

• Reader’s Digest Canada, The Ultimate Guide to Royal Residences, April 25, 2023

• Reader’s Digest Canada, The Most Memorable Coronations in British History, April 4, 2023

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, French Canada and the Monarchy, January 13, 2023

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2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Margaret, December 13, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Autumn Phillips, November 8, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Anne (HRH The Princess Royal), October 6, 2022

• The Gazette, The Evolution of the Commonwealth During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II, September 19, 2022

• Quartz Magazine, A Royal Historian Explains The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, September 9, 2022

• Canada’s History Magazine, Remembering Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, September 8, 2022

• Reader’s Digest Canada, Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926 – 2022, September 8, 2022

• University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Curiosity Blog, 4 Powerful Women in History You’ve Never Heard Of, August 9, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee – 1887, July 25, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Charles (HRH The Prince of Wales) (Updated), July 20, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, July 11, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Camilla (HRH The Duchess of Cornwall) (Updated), July 4, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1939 Royal Tour (Updated), March 25, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Elizabeth II (Updated), March 18, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Updated), March 17, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Charles (HRH The Prince of Wales) (Updated), March 15, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince William (HRH The Duke of Cambridge) (Updated), March 10, 2022

• Reader’s Digest Canada, What are the plans for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Canada, March 3, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 Memorable Royal Tours of Canada, February 4, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee – 2002, February 4, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 Places in Canada Named After Royalty, February 4, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Royals Who Lived in Canada, February 4, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, 10 Interesting Facts About Queen Elizabeth II, January 24, 2022

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, January 15, 2022

• Reader’s Digest Canada, Prince Charles’s 10 Most Memorable Royal Visits to Canada, January 14, 2022

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2021

• Reader’s Digest Canada, 10 Portrayals of Princess Diana in Pop Culture—Ranked, November 2, 2021

• BBC History Magazine, The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?, August 18, 2021

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, King George VI, August 13, 2021

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Joseph Whiteside Boyle, August 9, 2021

• Reader’s Digest Canada, The 10 Most Controversial Royal Memoirs Ever Published, July 31, 2021

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1901 Royal Tour, July 17, 2021

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, King George V, July 16, 2021

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Grand Duchess Olga, July 2, 2021

• Reader’s Digest Canada, Meet Queen Elizabeth’s Great-Grandchildren From Oldest to Youngest, June 7, 2021

• Reader’s Digest Canada, Queen Elizabeth’s Incredible Life in 30 Quotes, April 21, 2021

• Zoomer Magazine, Many Royal Returns: Retracing Seven Decades of Prince Philip’s Visits to Canada, April 16, 2021

• The Ottawa Citizen, Prince Philip and the modernization of the monarchy, April 9, 2021

• Reader’s Digest Canada, Remembering Prince Philip: The Life and Times of a Royal Consort, April 9, 2021

• Reader’s Digest Canada, 40 Things You Didn’t Know About the Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, March 9, 2021

• BBC History Magazine, From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season, February 19, 2021

• BBC History Magazine, Princess Feodora: the little-known sister of Queen Victoria, January 21, 2021

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2020

• Reader’s Digest Canada, 10 of the Most Memorable Royal Tours of Canada, December 10, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Martha Black, October 14, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Sylvia Stark, September 25, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Feo Monck, September 16, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Anna Leonowens, September 11, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Catherine Schubert, September 3, 2020

• The Canadian Encylopedia, Lady Monck, August 18, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Madeleine de Verchères, August 18, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, King Edward VIII, August 12, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (updated), July 10, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Harry (updated), July 10, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Royal Tours of Canada, July 10, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, June 30, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Lord Stanley, March 16, 2020

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Earl of Minto, March 9, 2020

• The Globe and Mail, What it takes for British royalty to truly become Canadian, January 24, 2020

• The Globe and Mail, Long may it reign: Forget about Harry and Meghan, the monarchy always comes first, January 9, 2020

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2019

• BBC History Magazine, Was Queen Mary, wife of George V, a kleptomaniac?, September 26, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Lady Grey, July 10, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, July 9, 2019

• BBC History Magazine, Charles, The Prince of Wales’s investiture at Caernarfon Castle, 50 years on, June 24, 2019

• BBC History Magazine, From pageantry to controversy: a brief history of state visits, May 31, 2019

• BBC History Magazine, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor: the history behind the royal baby name, May 9, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Lady Lansdowne, May 9, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Marquess of Lansdowne, April 30, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, March 29, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught, March 28, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, March 27, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Viscount Julian Byng of Vimy, March 11, 2019

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Lady Byng of Vimy, February 20, 2019

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2018

• BBC History Magazine, 7 Royal Children Who Were Once Seventh in Line to the Throne, October 26, 2018

• BBC History Magazine, 8 Unconventional Royal Wedding Dresses in History, October 9, 2018

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Meghan (HRH The Duchess of Sussex), June 12, 2018

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Camilla (HRH The Duchess of Cornwall), June 8, 2018

• BBC History Magazine, The 8 Most Famous Royal Weddings in British History, May 18, 2018

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, May 2, 2018

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, May 2, 2018

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Patricia of Connaught, April 30, 2018

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Pauline Vanier, April 13, 2018

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2017

• Quartz Magazine, Actresses Like Meghan Markle Have Been Winning The Hearts of Royals since 1668, December 3, 2017

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, John Cambell Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, October 4, 2017

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Lord Dufferin, September 22, 2017

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone, September 20, 2017

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, September 15, 2017

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, August 31, 2017

• Canada’s History Magazine, The Queen’s Land, August-September, 2017

• Medievalists.net, 10 Medieval Royal Parents Whose Decisions Influence the Lives of Royal Children Today, June 3, 2017

• Dundurn Press, The Queen’s Coronation on Camera, June 2, 2017

• Smithsonian Magazine, Medieval Mothers Had to Marry and Murder To Get Their Way, May 12, 2017

• Quartz Magazine, The history of British royalty proves raising a kid is always a group effort, May 12, 2017

• Smithsonian Magazine, The Women Warriors of the Russian Revolution, April 28, 2017

• The 49th Shelf, Raising Royalty: The Canadian History, April 20, 2017

• Smithsonian Magazine, In a Czar-less Russia, Winning was Easy but Governing was Harder, April 13, 2017

• Smithsonian Magazine, The Abdication of Czar Nicholas II, March 13, 2017

• Smithsonian Magazine, Russia’s February Revolution Was Led by Women on the March, February 17, 2017

• Smithsonian Magazine, On the Eve of the Russian Revolution, a Palace Coup Seemed Inevitable, But Where Would it Come From?, January 30, 2017

• Quartz, The hit Netflix series “The Crown” exposes all our 21st-century anxieties about powerful women, January 29, 2017

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2016

• Smithsonian Magazine, Rasputin’s Murder: 100 Years Later, December 27, 2016

• Queen’s Alumni Review, Queen Victoria and Canada, December 2016

• Smithsonian Magazine, What You Need to Know First to Understand the Russian Revolution, November 28, 2016

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Lady Aberdeen, November 10, 2016

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Princess Louise, October 17, 2016

• The Globe and Mail, Why William and Kate are Bringing Their Children on a Royal Visit to Canada, September 16, 2016

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Harry, June 28, 2016

• Queen’s Alumni Review, From PhD Dissertation to Award Winning Book, June 15, 2016

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Crown, April 4, 2016

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Sovereign, March 16, 2016

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Letters Patent, 1947, March 15, 2016

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Monarchism, February 4, 2016

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2015

• Queen’s Alumni Review, Magna Carta and Women’s Rights, Fall 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee – 2012, October 5, 2015

• Canada’s History Magazine, Prince Rupert: Canada’s Warrior Prince, October-November 2015

• The Globe and Mail, The Queen of Canada Marks a Special Anniversary, September 9, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Mercy Anne Coles, June 23, 2015

• National Post, Magna Carta established that nobody, not even the king, was above the law of the land, June 18, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee: 1897, June 17, 2015

• Ottawa Citizen, Magna Carta and Women’s Rights, June 12, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Victoria, June 3, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Catherine (HRH The Duchess of Cambridge), May 28, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, John William Ritchie, May 13, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Anne Elizabeth Haviland, May 13, 2015

• 49th Shelf, Magna Carta: From Medieval England to Canada Today, May 8, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Victoria Day, May 4, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Lady Dufferin, May 4, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1939 Royal Tour, April 22, 2015

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, King Edward I and Magna Carta in 1300, April 4, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Jonathan McCully, March 27, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Thomas Heath Haviland, March 19, 2015

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, March 16, 2015 (co-author)

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, John Hamilton Gray (NB), March 13, 2015 (co-author)

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Peter Mitchell, March 13, 2015 (co-author)

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Andrew Archibald Macdonald, March 11, 2015 (co-author)

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Charles Fisher, March 10, 2015 (co-author)

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché, February 17, 2015 (co-author)

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, The St. George’s Society of Toronto, January 23, 2015

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2014

• The Ottawa Citizen, The Queen’s Reign Doesn’t Depend on Richard III’s DNA, December 11, 2014

• Insights on Law and Society Magazine, “Perspectives: Why is the Magna Carta Significant? Transcending Its Times,” Fall 2014, Volume 15, Number 1. Click here to read the Perspectives feature

• The Ottawa Citizen, Will a New Royal Baby Decide the Future of Scotland?, September 9, 2014

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, Magna Carta and the Development of Parliament, July 24, 2014

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada. Shakespeare’s Missing Magna Carta, July 9, 2014

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Charter of the Forest, June 27, 2014

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Magna Carta, June 27, 2014

• Ottawa Citizen, The Truth About Royal Spending, June 24, 2014

• The Globe and Mail, A Future King and that Hitler Thing, May 22, 2014

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, Where is Magna Carta Today?, April 27, 2014

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Elizabeth II, April 25, 2014

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Philip (HRH The Duke of Edinburgh), April 16, 2014

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Prince Charles (HRH The Prince of Wales), April 2, 2014

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, March 17, 2014

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, Princess Louise and the Founding of the National Gallery of Canada, March 7, 2014

• Smithsonian Magazine, When Catherine the Great Invaded the Crimea and Put The Rest of the World on Edge, March 4, 2014

• The Canadian Encyclopedia, HRH The Duke of Cambridge (The Prince William), February 27, 2014

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, The Queen’s Crumbling Palaces, February 7, 2014

• Smithsonian Magazine, 150 Years Ago Sochi Was The Site of A Horrific Ethnic Cleansing, February 7, 2014

• The Ottawa Citizen, Sochi’s Bloody History, January 14, 2014

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada The Rebirth of Magna Carta, January 12, 2014

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, The Reign in Spain of King Juan Carlos, January 11, 2014

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2013

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, The Charter of the Forest, December 17, 2013

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, King John, England and the Wider World in 1215, December 17, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, This Wonderful Man: The Queen and Nelson Mandela, December 13. 2013

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, Women and Magna Carta, December 9, 2013

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, “King John and Magna Carta in Popular Culture,” December 7, 2013

• Magna Carta 2015 Canada, “The Magna Carta: Pillars of Democracy,” November 20, 2013

• Military History Monthly, “Warrior Monarchs: Royalty on the Battlefield,” Issue 39, December 2013.

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “Royalty and Remembrance Day,” November 9, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “Princess Anne’s Visit Strengthens Bond With Kingston,” October 18, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “Giving Thanks to the Royal Family,” October 11, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “The Trend-Setting Minister of Fashion” September 13, 2013

• The Ottawa Citizen, Royalty, Environment: A Natural Partnership, September 12, 2013

• The Kingston Whig Standard, “Richard III’s Bones of Contention” August 23, 2013

• Queen’s Alumni Review, “Down To The Sea With a History PhD” Summer, 2013, p. 6

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “Why The Royals Need a Canadian Vacation” August 12, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “Raising a Royal Baby is a Family Affair” July 27, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “The royal baby’s name – George Alexander Louis – is a nod to family history, and a salute to the Scots” July 24, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “Three Kings” July 23, 2013

• The Ottawa Citizen “How The Royal Baby Will Influence Millions of Parents” July 22, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “Why The Queen Will Never Retire” July 13, 2013

• BBC News Magazine “Royal Baby: Revolution in the Nursery” July 7, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “How Diana Reinvented the Royal Tour” June 29, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “A New Kind of Royal Father” June 17, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “Why Charles Should Have a Canadian Coronation” June 1, 2013

• Ottawa Citizen “Victoria Day is a Uniquely Canadian Holiday” May 18, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “The Honeymoon’s Over. Now What?” May 1, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “All Eyes on the New King” April 30, 2013

• The Toronto Sun “The Duke Has History in T.O.: Prince Philip First Visited Our City in 1951,” April 28, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “‘Good Old Phil’s’ Canadian Connections” April 27, 2013

• Bloomberg Echoes: Dispatches from Economic History “How the South Sea Bubble Created UK’s Modern Monarchy” April 5, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “The Queen Takes a Sick Day” March 9, 2013

• Ottawa Citizen, “The Changing Face of the Monarchy” March 5, 2013

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “Why Kate Still Rules in Canada” February 23, 2013

• Ottawa Citizen “Changing the Rules of Royal Succession” February 1, 2013

• Bloomberg Echoes: Dispatches from Economic History “How Big an Inheritence Awaits Kate and William’s baby?” January 30, 2013

• The Globe and Mail “When Royals Kill: Prince Harry’s Not The First”  January 25, 2013

• Ottawa Citizen “Bond Created by Ottawa’s Princess Remains Strong” January 19, 2013

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2012

• The Ottawa Citizen “Cause for Celebration” December 3, 2012

• The Globe and Mail “Constitutional Monarchy: The Canadian-Jamaican Divide” October 24, 2012

• The Globe and Mail, “Pauline Marois should learn her province’s history”  August 10, 2012

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “The Sport of Kings and the Rest of the Family too”  August 5, 2012

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “The Jubilee Queen of Canada” June 6, 2012

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “The Celebrity Queen of Canada” June 5, 2012

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “The Controversial Queen of Canada” June 4, 2012

• The Kingston Whig-Standard “The Young Queen of Canada” June 2, 2012

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2011

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “The Monarchy and the Military”  July 16, 2011

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “Modernizing the Monarchy”  July 15, 2011

• The Kingston Whig-Standard, “The appeal of Informal Royal Tour” July 14, 2011

• The Globe and Mail, “The Royal Consort’s Royal request” June 27, 2011.