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CBC News Interview: Are Harry and Meghan breaking tradition — or setting trends?
I discussed the history of royal births with Janet Davison at CBC News including the experiences of the Tudors and Queen Victoria. The...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 21, 20191 min read
Today Interview: Royal parenting over the years: From distant and lonely to loving and hands-on
I discussed royal parenting over the past century with Laura T. Coffey from Today. One hundred years ago, King George V’s and Queen...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 20, 20191 min read
Daily Express Interview: Royal baby name: Will Meghan Markle and Harry choose ‘on trend’ name for Baby Sussex?
I discussed the history of royal baby names with Kat Hopps at the Daily Express. While royalty often choose names that belonged to royal...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 19, 20191 min read
TIME Interview: How a Royal Baby Is Born, From Tudor Times to Meghan Markle’s Modernity
I discussed the history of royal births with Olivia B. Waxman at TIME. The circumstances surrounding the arrival of royal children have...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 17, 20191 min read
Today Interview: If Meghan Markle gives birth at home, she’ll be following a royal tradition
I discussed the history of royal births with Eun Kim at Today.com. Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have decided...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 15, 20191 min read
Daily Express Interview: Royal baby: The Changing Role of Royal Nannies
I discussed the history of royal nannies from Queen Victoria’s reign to the present with Kat Hopps at the Daily Express. There have been...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 7, 20191 min read
Daily Express Interview: The Royal Tradition of Hiring Nannies
I discussed royal parenting and royal nannies with Kat Hopps at the Daily Express. With the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby expected to...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 30, 20191 min read
CBC News Interview: How the royal baby name could mix the trendy and the traditional
I discussed possible names for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby with Janet Davison for The CBC Royal Fascinator newsletter. Here’s...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 24, 20191 min read
CBC News Interview: Why This Crown Prince Came to Canada
I was interviewed by Janet Davison at CBC News for this week’s The Royal Fascinator newsletter. The newsletter discusses Crown Prince...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 10, 20191 min read
CBC News Interview: The Royal Fascinator newsletter
I am quoted in the final section of this week’s CBC Royal Fascinator newsletter, discussing Princess Patricia of Connaught’s time in...

Carolyn Harris
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution: My Spring 2019 course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
About this course: More than 200 years after her execution, Queen Marie Antoinette is still one of the most famous and controversial...

Carolyn Harris
Jan 24, 20191 min read


New York Magazine Interview: Inside the Royal Gossip Machine
Diana, Princess of Wales at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 My recent interview with Lisa Ryan for The Cut, New York Magazine, examines...

Carolyn Harris
Dec 19, 20181 min read


CBC News Interview: Why the royal Christmas is under more scrutiny this year
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Lady Louise on Christmas Day 2017 I discussed the rumours of...

Carolyn Harris
Dec 17, 20181 min read


Good Housekeeping Interview: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby: What you need to know
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex I recently discussed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Good Housekeeping. The royal couple will become...

Carolyn Harris
Dec 11, 20181 min read


Good Housekeeping Interview: Why are we so obsessed with the royal family?
The Royal Family on the Buckingham Palace balcony after the 2012 Trooping the Colour Parade I discussed the current popularity of the...

Carolyn Harris
Nov 16, 20181 min read


Reader’s Digest Interview: What to Do (and Not Do) If You Meet a Royal
Elizabeth II on a royal walkabout in New Zealand in 1970 I discussed protocol for meeting a member of the royal family with Lauren Cahn...

Carolyn Harris
Nov 9, 20181 min read


BBC History Magazine Article: 7 royal babies who were once seventh in line to the throne
Triumph of the Winter Queen: Allegory of the Just, 1636, by Gerard van Honthorst, a portrait of King Charles I’s sister Queen Elizabeth...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 26, 20181 min read


Town&Country Interview: Will Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Hire a Nanny When Their Baby Is Born?
Prince Charles in St. James’ Park on his second birthday with his nanny, Mabel Anderson On Monday October 15, Kensington Palace announced...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 18, 20181 min read


CBC News Interview: Princess Eugenie’s wedding: Why these royal nuptials are courting controversy
The Duke of York in the 2012 Trooping the Colour Parade with his younger daughter, Princess Eugenie I discussed the controversy...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 11, 20181 min read


Town and Country Interview: Why Princess Eugenie’s Role in the Royal Family Is Very Different From Prince Harry’s
Princess Eugenie I discussed Princess Eugenie’s role in the royal family with Town and Country. Here is an excerpt from the interview:...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 2, 20181 min read
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