Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting

• June 8, 2017, How Kings and Queens Raised Their Children: An Interview with Carolyn Harris

• May 4, 2017, A Q&A with Carolyn Harris

• April 10, 2017, 6 Must Reads for the Royal Obsessed

• March 30, 2017, Open History – Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting

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Prince Philip’s Retirement

• May 5, 2017, ‘Protector of the Royal Family’: How Prince Philip helped modernize the monarchy

• May 4, 2017, Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is retiring from royal engagements

• May 4, 2017, Prince Philip rumours go viral: U of T expert talks about centuries of royal gossip

• May 4, 2017, Remembering Prince Philip’s glamour and gaffes as he retires from public life

• May 4, 2017, 7 Surprising Facts about Prince Philip

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The Queen’s Sapphire Jubilee

• February 6, 2017, Queen Elizabeth makes history with 65 years on the throne

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The Crown on Netflix and Victoria on PBS

• January 23, 2017, Thank queen of ‘Victoria’ for this Oval Office centerpiece

• January 15, 2017, Now Victoria Comes to TV, Why Queens are Dramatic Dynamite

• December 9, 2016, Despite attempts to decipher her, Queen Elizabeth II remains a mystery

• November 30, 2016, ‘The Crown’ is a low-key guide to outfoxing the men in your way.

• November 12, 2016 How accurate is Netflix’s ‘The Crown’?

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Canada: 2016

• January 12, 2017 B.C. spent more than $600K on royal tour; overall cost likely more than $3M

• September 25, 2016 How Green Are the Royals? 

• September 23, 2016 Canadians ‘admire’ Prince William the most, poll shows

• September 22, 2016, Royal Couple “Will Help Tell Canada’s Story”

• September 21, 2016 Prince William’s visit to B.C. draws memories of frenzied 1998 trip

• September 13, 2016, Is Will and Kate’s Canadian tour a celebrity appearance like any other? 

• July 14, 2016, Will Prince George and Princess Charlotte come to Canada? The pressures of taking the royal children on a trip

• July 28, 2016, Prince George wants Prince George and Royal Family to visit

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The Monarchy in Canada

• July 11, 2016, Canadians aren’t keen on the idea of King Charles — but ditching the monarchy would prove no easy task

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Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette

• June 5, 2016: CCCU Book Prize Winner – Interview with Carolyn Harris

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Prince Harry in Canada

• May 1, 2016: Humility and ‘having a good time’: Prince Harry brings his royal rapport to Toronto

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The Queen at 90

• April 20, 2016 The Queen at 90: Why it’s more than just a celebration of Elizabeth’s birthday

• April 14, 2016 Queen Elizabeth’s top 10 moments in Canada

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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor

• March 10, 2016 When the Duke of Windsor met Adolf Hitler

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Infanta Cristina and Spain’s Royal Family

• January 9, 2016 Spain’s ‘wayward’ Infanta Cristina absent from annual military parade ahead of fraud trial

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Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada

• November 27, 2015, Michael Hingston: Be sure to read Carolyn Harris’ The Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada before viewing the document itself

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King Mswati III of Swaziland

• September 11, 2015 Tribute To The King’s 15th Wife

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Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria

• September 9, 2015 Queen Elizabeth’s latest crowning achievement: longest-reigning British monarch

• September 9, 2015 Queen Elizabeth becomes longest-reigning British monarch

• September 6, 2015 Queen Elizabeth to surpass Victoria for length of reign, but similarities endure

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The Royal Archives

• August 3, 2015 Royal archives: What Canadian secrets might they reveal?

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The Charter of the Forest

• July, 2015 Interview about the Charter of the Forest in the Canadian Geographic

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Princess Charlotte’s Christening

• July 4, 2015 Princess Charlotte’s christening: A balance between private celebration and public show

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The Duchess of Cambridge 

• June 22, 2015 The Great Kate Debate: Is it Kate Middleton or HRH The Duchess of Cambridge?

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King John and the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta

• June 15, 2015 Magna Carta Coming to Toronto

• June 15, 2015 Is Magna Carta Still Relevant?

• June 14, 2015 Ten things you didn’t know about King John and Magna Carta

• June 14, 2015 King John Known for Murder and Magna Carta

• June 12, 2015 Magna Carta: The “essence” of the West or irrelevant scrap of parchment?

• June 11, 2015 Magna Carta and Canada

• June 10, 2015  Magna Carta: From King John’s lechery and treachery to our liberty

• May 12, 2015 The Great Charter 

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Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge:

• May 2015 The Life of a Princess

• May 7, 2015 What does ‘Occupation: Princess’ mean? Here’s what the royals actually do

• May 7, 2015  Royal baby: Will there be a boom of babies in Canada named after Princess Charlotte?

• May 2, 2015 Duke and Duchess of Cambridge introduce new princess to the world

• May 2, 2015 Prince William Tells Crowd Family is “very happy.”

• May 2, 2015 Could she be queen? See where the new royal baby fits in line to the throne

• April 28, 2015 How likely is the royal baby to become King or Queen?

• April 25, 2015 Royal Baby 2: The risks and rewards of being ‘the spare’ to the throne

• April 23, 2015 ‘Alice’ and ‘Arthur’ lead the pack as Royal baby name game heats up at U.K. bookmakers

• April 18, 2015 British royal ‘spares’ seldom reign, but they do seem to have more fun

• April 16, 2015 A decided lack of fuss over William and Kate’s Royal Baby 2

• April 13, 2015 What will royal Baby Cambridge No. 2 be named?

• April 6, 2015 Royal baby names: What’s likely for William and Kate’s 2nd child?

• September 14, 2014 Why a large royal family makes sense for the royals

• September 9, 2014 Scotland’s Referendum: How The Next Royal Baby Could Sway It

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The Countess of Wessex at 50

• January 23, 2015 Fabulous at 50: Sophie of Wessex

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Prince Andrew, the Duke of York

• January 8, 2015, Why Buckingham Palace is Defending Andrew So Stoutly.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Visit to NYC

• December 7, 2014, Royals or Celebrities? Prince William and Kate Take Manhattan

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Historical English Monarchs

• October 13, 2014, Did Harold II Die with an Arrow in his Eye

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Grand Duchess Olga (1882-1960) in Canada

• November 26, 2014  Shabby Toronto apartment was once home to Russia’s Grand Duchess Olga

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Princess Anne’s 2014 Visit to Ottawa for Remembrance Day

• November 9, 2014  Royal visit: Princess Anne’s Ottawa tour will honour ‘everyday heroes’

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The Princely Succession in Monaco

• October 23, 2014 Which of Princess Charlene of Monaco’s twins will be first in line?

• October 20, 2014 How is Monaco Going to Handle the Succession of Twin Heirs?

• October 9, 2014  Who will be Monaco’s newest heir? What Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene’s twins mean for throne

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George’s 1st Birthday

• July 22, 2014 Happy birthday, Prince George — the baby who rescued the monarchy

• July 21, 2014 Prince George turns 1: ‘Republican slayer’ PR gold for Royal Family

• July 20, 2014 Tiny Prince George has Big Impact on Royal Family

• July 8, 2014 ‘Two-kitchen Kate’ stirs royal spending ruckus

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Life as a Royal Historian

• June 10, 2014 Q&A with University Affairs Magazine

• Summer 2013, Queen’s Alumni Review “Down to Sea with a Queen’s PhD”

• Fall, 2011 Alumni Profile in the Queen’s History Department Newsletter

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The Abdication of King Juan Carlos of Spain

• June 9, 2014 Reina Isabel II anula rumores de posible abdicación o retiro 

• June 7, 2014  A New Era for Spain

• June 4, 2014 Juan Carlos, Albert II, Beatrix… Abdiquer, c’est la modernité?

• June 2, 2014 Le roi d’Espagne Juan Carlos abdique, comme Benoît, Beatrix ou encore Albert II. La retraite des rois

• June 2, 2014 Spain’s King Juan Carlos Abdicates to Make Way for Youth

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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in 2014 – Tour of Canada

• May 21, 2014 Prince Charles comment on Putin and Hitler follows other frank remarks: experts

• May 21, 2014 The royal tour of Prince Charles and Camilla: Bargain or bust?

• May 21, 2014 Prince Charles and Vladimir Putin: Can royals wade into politics?

• May 21, 2014 Royal visit 2014: How Camilla found her niche

• May 18, 2014 Charles and Camilla in Love

• May 18, 2014 Prince Charles and Camilla to kick off whirlwind Canadian tour in N.S.

• May 17, 2014 Royal visit 2014: How Prince Charles is forging his own ties to Canada

• May 14, 2014 Prince Charles and Camilla come ‘home’ to Canada

• April 9, 2014 Prince Charles, Camilla celebrate 9 years of marriage — and an improved image

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The Queen’s 88th Birthday

• May 14, 2014 Has Canada seen the last of Queen Elizabeth? Don’t bet on it!

• April 21, 2014 Queen Elizabeth turns 88: A royal diplomat in her ‘best decade’ yet

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George in Australia and New Zealand, 2014

• April 25, 2014 The Palace’s PR Coup

• April 16, 2016 Royal Chat: Farewell New Zealand, Hello Australia

• April 9, 2014 Royal Chat: Duchess Kate, Prince William and Prince George Down Under

• April 5, 2014, Baby Prince George Off On First Royal Tour to Australia and New Zealand

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The Duchess of Cambridge’s Fashions

• March 17, 2014 Duchess Kate honours Irish Guards with shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day

• March 1, 2014 Will a ‘regal makeover’ mean the end of winsome Kate?

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The Duke of York, (Prince Andrew)

• February 19, 2014 Happy Birthday, Prince Andrew

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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in Canada: May 2014

• February 1, 2014 Royal Visits: How They Still Matter

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The Royal Family

• January 21, 2014 Does a Royal Ever Stop Being a Royal?

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The Royal Year in Review: 2013

• December 27, 2013 How Baby Prince George Is Helping The House of Windsor Grow Up

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The Prince of Wales at 65

• November 14, 2013 The Patient Prince as Pensioner: Charles at 65

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Diana, Princess of Wales in film

• November 1, 2013 The Diana movie: Icon worship or tacky biopic?

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Princess Anne in Canada in 2013

• October 24, 2013 The Princess Royal Renews Her Affection For Canada

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Prince George’s Christening

• October 23, 2013 Diana Pal, Olympic star among Prince George’s godparents

• October 23, 2013 Prince George’s Christening is More Than Just a Family Baptism

• October 21, 2013 Ces baptêmes royaux qui sont restés dans les mémoires

• October 11, 2013 Un baptême royal en petit comité

• October 9, 2013 William and Kate’s christening guest list raises eyebrows

• September 27, 2013 Prince George of Cambridge Christening Details Announced

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Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge

• August 7, 2013 Royal Chat: Prince George of Cambridge

• July 24, 2013 George Alexander Louis. What’s in a royal name?

• July 24, 2013 Royal tradition and family ties echo in Prince of Cambridge’s name

• July 24, 2013 Name Fit For a Prince? Royal Baby Named George Alexander Louis

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The Arrival of the Royal Baby

• July 24, 2013 Kate at the Crossroads: The Dilemma of the Royal Mum

• July 23, 2013 Royal Watchers Celebrate

• July 23, 2013 Quebec’s challenge against Canadian royal succession laws more pressing if royal baby was a girl

• July 22, 2013 Royal Baby: Kate and William say new son won’t have a nanny

• July 22, 2013 Canadians Congratulate Royal Family on Prince’s Birth

• July 22, 2013 History Will Have A Say On Whether New Royal Will Ever Rule Canada

• July 22, 2013 Live Blog: Discuss the Royal Baby

• July 22, 2013 A Great Kate Wait Ends: Canadians Re-catch Royal Baby Fever

• July 22, 2013 Canadian countdown to royal baby more mellow than for royal wedding

• July 22, 2013 Kate Middleton has given birth! She and Prince William Welcome a Baby Boy!

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The Abdication of King Albert II of Belgium

• July 22, 2013 Royaume-Uni: «L’abdication n’est pas inscrite dans les us et coutumes des Windsor»

• July 21, 2013 Après Benoît et Beatrix, l’abdication d’Albert II: la retraite des rois

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The Royal Baby

• July 20, 2013 Les naissances royales, entre petites et grandes histoires

• July 19, 2013 Royal Baby – A World Obsession or Media Hype?

• July 16, 2013 Prince Charles Expected to Be An Involved Granddad to Royal Baby

• July 9, 2013 Why We Care About Royal Babies and Celebrity Offspring

• July 8, 2013 Royal Baby Waiting Game Hits High Gear

• July 8, 2013 William and Kate’s “Hands-on” Parenting Plans for the Royal Baby

• June 25, 2013 Name Droppers: Celebrity Baby Announcements Missing Vital Information

• June 25, 2013 Duchess Kate’s Decision for the Royal Baby: Bottle or Breast?

• June 11, 2013 Could Canadians Block Kate’s Daughter From the Throne?

• June 9, 2013 Eight Interesting Insights Into the Birth of the Future Royal Baby

• May 29, 2013 Live Chat: Royal Baby News

• May 6, 2013 Name Game Begins for William and Kate’s Royal Baby

• April 12, 2013 Princess Alexandra? Royal Baby Name Bets Surge

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The 60th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation

• June 4, 2013 Has Queen Elizabeth II Made Her Last Trip to Canada

• June 2, 2013 Queen’s Coronation Made History for Canada – and for Television

• May 31, 2013 Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 Coronation “A Madhouse on the Streets”

• May 30, 2013 What Could Possibly Go Wrong At A Coronation? Well…

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Victoria Day 2013

• May 20, 2013 Victoria Day Name Change Petition Riles Controversy

• May 19, 2013 Group Wants Victoria Day Name Change

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The Prince of Wales

• May 8, 2013 Prince Charles Gets Higher Commonwealth Role as Queen Stays Home

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Abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

• April 29, 2013 Abdicating Dutch Queen was a Wartime Ottawa Schoolgirl

• April 28, 2013 Republicanism, Scandals and Austerity: Europe’s Royals Start to Feel the Pinch

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The Duke of Edinburgh’s 2013 Visit to Canada

• April 25, 2013 Prince Philip’s Love Affair with Canada

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Critiques of the Duchess of Cambridge

• February 21, 2013 Is Kate a ‘plastic’ royal?

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Diana, Princess of Wales

• February 6, 2013 Diana’s Legacy Endures Worldwide

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British and European History

• June 25, 2013 Did Plymouth Hijack Mayflower Story from Harwich?

• April 15, 2013 Bones of Contention

• March 10, 2013 Girls Rule: Why Britain Is Crazy for Its Queens

• February 8, 2013 Who Was Richard III? How Fiction Can Define History

• January 9, 2013 Court Rules Man No Longer On The Hook for 655 Year Old Penance

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Expecting Their First Child in 2013

• January 8, 2013 Vogue Gets Obsessive About Kate Middleton’s Fashion Statistics

• December 7, 2012  What to Expect from a Judgemental Public When You’re the Duchess of Cambridge

• December 5, 2012 Bringing Up a Royal Baby: How Kate and Will’s Child will be Different

• December 4, 2012 How Royal Pregnancy Lost Its Privacy

• December 4, 2012 It’s heir raising news! Kate is pregnant

• December 4, 2012 Kate Middleton pregnant. Will it be a boy or a girl?

• December 3, 2012 Kate pregnancy announcement sets off media feeding frenzy and it’s only going to get worse

• December 3, 2012 Canada Buzzing Over Royal Pregnancy, Offers Congratulations to Will, Kate

• December 3, 2012 Prince William and Kate Middleton Expecting a Baby

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The Royal Family in 2012

• December 10 & 17 Macleans Magazine Double Issue, Crown Jewel

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The Legal Proceedings Initiated by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2012

• September 19, 2012 How Much Privacy Can a Royal Expect?

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The Earl and Countess of Wessex’s 2012 Working Visit to Canada

• September 18, 2012 How Edward and Sophie Forged Deep Ties with Canada

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

• August 20, 2012, Will Prince Philip’s illness speed up changes in the House of Windsor?

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Royalty and the Olympic Games

• August 2, 2012 Royals Making Most of London Olympics

• June 29, 2012 Gold Medal for Winning Hearts? British Royals

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s First Anniversary

• May 10, 2012 Slice of Royalty on the auction block

• April 29, 2012 One year later, royal couple’s spell endures

• April 29, 2012 Public Love Affair With William and Kate Remains Strong

• April 28, 2012 We Still Love Them

• April 28, 2012 How Kate helped the royal family find its groove

• April 27, 2012 How Did Kate’s First Royal Year Compare to Diana’s?

• April 27, 2012 Little Pressure on Royal Couple, A Year After Marriage

• April 16, 2012 Kate Middleton a Royal Switch from Princess Diana

• April 16, 2012 One Year After Royal Wedding, Baby Watch in Full Gear

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Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee

• June 8, 2012 Prince Philip: More than a “strength and stay” for Queen Elizabeth

• June 2, 2012 Elizabeth II a rendu la monarchie plus accessible

• June 2, 2012 Diamond Jubilee: Happy and Glorious

• May 25, 2012 Victoria and Elizabeth: A Tale of Two Diamond Jubilees

• May 17, 2012 What’s Changed Since the Queen Took the Throne in 1952

• May, 2012 (Maclean’s Diamond Jubilee Special Edition) A Working Mother Like No Other

• February 6, 2012  Queen Elizabeth celebrates Diamond Jubilee

• February 6, 2012  The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee poised to outdo royal wedding pomp

• February 3, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II keeps the monarchy relevant in 2012

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The Diamond Jubilee Tour of Canada by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall

• May 23, 2012 Charles, Camilla Wrap Up Canadian Tour in Regina

• May 23, 2012 Live Chat: The Royal Visit

• May 21, 2012 Camilla’s Remarkable Royal Transformation

• May 18, 2012 Charles, Camilla’s royal visit sticks to tradition

• May 16, 2012 Don’t Expect Charles and Camilla in a Dragon Boat

• May 5, 2012 The Prince of Wales’s visit to Canada’s East Coast in 1860

• April 30, 2012 Royal Tour 2012: Details announced for Charles and Camilla’s tour of Toronto

• April 30, 2012 Charles and Camilla Tour Details Revealed

• December 14, 2011 Worldwide tour readies commonwealth for the future, royal watchers

• December 14, 2011 Charles, Camilla to visit Canada in May to mark 60 years of Queen’s reign

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The Monarchy and Canadian Politics

• February 7, 2013 Does Modern Canada Need Britain’s Royals Anymore?

• March 12, 2012 Hang Em’ High, Canadians Say (Poll Data regarding support for death penalty, monarchy)

• January 2, 2012 Royal Treatment of Monarchy part of Tories’ makeover for country

• June 28, 2011 Prince William for King: Poll Finds Canadians prefer Will over Charles but are still split on the monarchy

• June 28, 2011 Will and Kate on way but royal influence everywhere in Canada already

• April 27, 2011 Royal Wedding Buzz a Catalyst for Monarchy Debate in Canada

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The Royal Succession

• October 28, 2011 What if girls had always had an equal shot at the throne?

• October 28, 2011 Succession Laws to give equal rights to royal women

• October 14, 2011 How Will and Kate’s daughter could become Queen

• October 14, 2011 Consulting Canada on the royal succession merely a courtesy

• October 13, 2011 Harper backs British PM’s plan to modernize royal succession

• July 8, 2011 Could William become King before Charles?

• April 13, 2011 Complex laws dictate fate of Will and Kate’s unborn children

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s 2011 Visit to Canada and the United States

• January 12, 2012 Diamond polar bear bling, shoes among gifts given to royal couple

• January 12, 2012 What, no mukluks? Duke and Duchess of Cambridge received dozens of gifts on their visit.

• December 26, 2011 Jack Layton’s legacy the People’s Choice for News Story of the Year

• July 19, 2011 PEI exposure from royals “phenomenal” – media expert

• July 10, 2011 Royal Informality puts ‘human face on monarchy

• July 8, 2011 Royal newlyweds Canadian road trip a success on both sides

• July 8, 2011 Royal tour reveals William, Kate’s love of sport, public life and each other

• July 7, 2011 Kate connects with Canadians through everywoman wardrobe choices

• July 6, 2011 Prince William, Catherine, Visit Northwest Territories on Canadian Tour

• July 4, 2011 How Prince William keeps Diana’s memory alive

• June 30, 2011 Parallel’s aplenty for Will and Kate’s tour

• June 30, 2011 Prince William to watch Cowboy Stampede with Duchess on Canada royal tour

• June 30, 2011 Canada Day: William and Kate make their international married debut

• June 30, 2011 William the Reformer: How the Prince May Change the British Monarchy

• June 29, 2011 Tour highlights military ties to the crown

• June 29, 2011 Duchess Kate related to Jane Austen, ancestry researchers find

• June 28, 2011 William and Kate Venture into the Unknown

• June 28, 2011 William and Kate’s mystique rooted in Diana’s legacy, experts say

• June 26, 2011 Royal Visit no summer vacation: royal watcher

• June 26, 2011 William and Kate Canada Visit will find royal couple under intense scrutiny

• June 25, 2011 Royal Visit a Chance to Show Off Canadian Culture, Cliches and All

• June 22, 2011 William and Kate’s Canadian Tour kicks off next week

• June 21, 2011 Royal Visits: How William and Kate could make their mark

• June 20, 2011 Calgarian is betting his boots on William and Kate

• May 31, 2011 A Royal Visit to Canada for a New Generation

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The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

• July 30, 2011 Diana and Charles: A look back to the other royal wedding that captivated the world

• April 29, 2011 A Duchess and One Day a Queen but a Princess Kate will never be

• April 29, 2011 Kate Middleton: Whoever you want her to be

• April 27, 2011 Harry: From Party Prince to Best Man

• April 27, 2011 British Wedding Superstitions and Traditions

• April 25, 2011 When it comes to royal presents, what you give reflects who you are

• April 22, 2011 Kate-William Wedding Could Impact How We View Weddings and Marriage: Historian

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British Royal History and Current Events

• May 21, 2012 Thanks for not oversharing today. Queen Victoria thanks you too

• June 24, 2011 A Royal Soap Opera

• June 2011 ROYAL TOUR (New Royals)

• April 25, 2011 A Ride Alongside His Royal Highness

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European Royal History and Current Events

• October 2, 2011 The Last Duchess

• April 22, 2011 Modern royalty live “more ordinary regular lives”

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