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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
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
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
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
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 16, 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
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
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
Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting featured in Town and Country Magazine
Click here to read The Best Books about Queen Victoria in Town and Country Magazine

Carolyn Harris
Mar 21, 20191 min read
In Style Interview: Will Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Give Their Baby a Traditional Royal Name?
I discussed royal baby names with Isabel Jones at In Style. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby will be 7th in line to the throne and...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 15, 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
Today Interview: Where does Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby fall in line to the British throne?
I discussed the royal succession with Eun Kim at Today.com, including the 1701 Act of Settlement, 21st century reforms and the place that...

Carolyn Harris
Mar 1, 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
Call for Contributors: English Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty
I am pleased to announce that I will be co-editing English Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty, a four-volume series for Palgrave...

Carolyn Harris
Jan 2, 20191 min read
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