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CBC News Interview: What Should a Prince of Wales Do?
I discussed the 50th anniversary of the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales with Janet Davison at CBC News. Here’s an...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 3, 20191 min read
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New Book Review in the Royal Studies Journal: Queen of the World by Robert Hardman
My review of Queen of World by Robert Hardman is now available to read online in the latest issue of the Royal Studies Journal! Click...

Carolyn Harris
Jun 15, 20191 min read
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New BBC History Magazine Article: From pageantry to controversy: a brief history of state visits
My latest article on the BBC History Magazine’s History Extra website is about the history of State Visits to the United Kingdom. Here is...

Carolyn Harris
May 31, 20191 min read
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CBC News Interview: Another royal wedding — but not so much pomp
On May 18, 2019, Lady Gabriella Windsor (the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin Prince Michael of Kent) married Thomas Kingston at...

Carolyn Harris
May 20, 20191 min read
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New BBC History Magazine article: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor: the history behind the royal baby name
I wrote a short history of the name Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor for the BBC History Magazine. I discussed the long history of the...

Carolyn Harris
May 10, 20191 min read
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New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Lady Lansdowne
My latest article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about Lady Lansdowne, viceregal consort of Canada from 1883 to 1888 and Lady of the...

Carolyn Harris
May 9, 20191 min read
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CBC News Interview: Archie has arrived
I discussed The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s newborn son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor with Janet Davison for the CBC royal...

Carolyn Harris
May 8, 20191 min read
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CBC News Channel Interview: Royal Historian Talks About The Latest Addition to the Royal Family
I discussed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s newborn son in a series of interviews on the CBC News Channel and CBC Radio on the day of...

Carolyn Harris
May 7, 20191 min read
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The Atlantic Interview: The New Royal Baby’s Historical Significance
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed a baby boy today. The newborn is 7th in line to the throne after his grandfather Prince Charles,...

Carolyn Harris
May 6, 20191 min read
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CBC News Interview: Are Meghan and Harry really going to Africa?
I discussed the history of speculation and rumours surrounding royal births from the seventeenth century to the present day with Janet...

Carolyn Harris
May 5, 20191 min read
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Today Interview: Queen Elizabeth changed how royal babies eat. Will Meghan Markle do the same?
I discussed the history of royal parenting and how royal babies were fed over the past few centuries with Aly Walansky at Today. The...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 22, 20191 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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 16, 20191 min read
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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
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Associated Press Interview: Diana? Alice? Elizabeth? Britons bet on new royal baby name
I discussed potential names for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby with Sylvia Hui at the Associated Press. For a baby girl,...

Carolyn Harris
Apr 14, 20191 min read
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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
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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
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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
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