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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
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
Books I’ve Read This Week: Royal Reading for the New Year
My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...

Carolyn Harris
Dec 31, 20188 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: 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
Books I’ve Read This Week: From Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II
My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...

Carolyn Harris
Nov 14, 20188 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
Books I’ve Read This Week: Short Royal Books
My New Year’s Resolution for 2018 is to read a book (or listen to an unabridged audiobook) every day: 365 books by December 31. I will...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 22, 20185 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
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