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Royal Travelogue 4: The Queens Who Shaped Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is Queen Elizabeth II’s official residence in Scotland. Every year,...
Carolyn Harris
Aug 16, 20143 min read
Friday Royal Read: Censoring Queen Victoria by Yvonne Ward
Victoria holding a Privy Council meeting by Sir David Wilkie The censorship imposed on Queen Victoria’s journals is well known: her...
Carolyn Harris
May 30, 20142 min read
Princess Louise and the Founding of the National Gallery of Canada
Princess Louise in Canada My column in this weekend’s edition of the Kingston Whig Standard looks at the role of Queen Victoria’s...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 7, 20141 min read
My book chapter, “Royalty at Rideau Hall: Lord Lorne, Princess Louise and the Emergence of the Canadian Crown” published today
Princess Louise in Canada, suitably dressed for winter weather. In 1878, Queen Victoria’s son-in-law, John Campbell, Lord Lorne was...
Carolyn Harris
Jan 1, 20142 min read
Canada and the Crown: Essays On Constitutional Monarchy Now Available For Pre-Order
Click here for more information about the book and contributors Click here to pre-order Canada and the Crown: Essays On Constitutional...
Carolyn Harris
Nov 29, 20131 min read
The Royal History of the Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday
My article in this weekend’s edition of the Kingston Whig-Standard discusses the fascinating royal history of Canadian Thanksgiving. The...
Carolyn Harris
Oct 11, 20131 min read
My BBC News Magazine Article: Royal Baby: Revolution in the Nursery
In my article for the BBC news magazine, I discuss how the royal baby’s upbringing will compare to that of previous royal children and...
Carolyn Harris
Jul 8, 20131 min read
5 “Modern” Royal Parenting Trends That Are Actually Centuries Old
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Ottawa for Canada Day in 2011 With the Duchess of Cambridge – better known as Kate Middleton – in...
Carolyn Harris
May 29, 20135 min read
Victoria Day: A Uniquely Canadian Holiday
Queen Victoria at the time of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 My column in today’s Ottawa Citizen discusses the history of Victoria Day in...
Carolyn Harris
May 18, 20131 min read
The Victorian Book Reviews 3: Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley
The future Edward VII’s evolution from a self indulgent Prince to a mature King is at the heart of Ridley’s well researched and well...
Carolyn Harris
Jan 15, 20131 min read
The Victorian Book Reviews 2: Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy by Paul Thomas Murphy
At 525 pages plus footnotes, bibliography and index, Shooting Victoria is longer than most popularly published works of royal history but...
Carolyn Harris
Jul 31, 20121 min read
The Royal History of Canada’s Maritime Provinces Round 3: Queen Victoria and Canada’s Confederation
The Confederation Players re-enact the debates surrounding the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 in front of Province House Charlottetown,...
Carolyn Harris
Jul 17, 20123 min read
Canada and Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
The Official Photograph of Queen Victoria for her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 This weekend, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen...
Carolyn Harris
Jun 1, 20124 min read
Death of Queen Victoria’s last surviving great-grandchild, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte and his second wife Gunilla Wachtmeister at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel...
Carolyn Harris
May 30, 20123 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...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 8, 20121 min read
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