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Margriet of the Netherlands, Ottawa’s Princess, Celebrates 70th Birthday
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Celebrates Her 70th Birthday on January 19. Please see my article in the Ottawa Citizen about her...

Carolyn Harris
Jan 18, 20131 min read


The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are Expecting Their First Child
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a Gala in honour of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London St. James’s Palace announced today that the...

Carolyn Harris
Dec 3, 20123 min read


From St. Petersburg to Toronto: The Life of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960)
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna at home in Cooksville in 1959 In June, 1959, the widowed seventy-seven year old Mrs. Nikolai Kulikovsky...

Carolyn Harris
Nov 25, 20127 min read
Comparing the Constitutional Monarchies of Canada and Jamaica
My column in today’s edition of the Globe and Mail online compares Queen Elizabeth II’s role as head of state in two commonwealth...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 24, 20121 min read


How a Romanov Duke Popularized Skiing in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains
The Laurentian Mountains, Charlevoix, Quebec When Duke Dimitri of Leuchtenberg, whose ancestors included Empress Josephine of France and...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 22, 20125 min read


Princess Alexandra Celebrates the Centennial of the Canadian Scottish Regiment in Victoria, British Columbia
Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin, Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Oglivy. Photo Credit: The Buckingham Palace Press Office Queen...

Carolyn Harris
Oct 16, 20123 min read


The Countess of Wessex Attends the Toronto International Film Festival
The Earl and Countess of Wessex in Ottawa on September 12 Photo Credit: Andre Forget/QMI AGENCY The Earl and Countess of Wessex began...

Carolyn Harris
Sep 14, 20123 min read


Royals in the Arctic: The Earl and Countess of Wessex Visit Iqaluit, Nunavut
The Earl and Countess of Wessex are greeting by Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak in the presence of Commissioner Edna Elias. Photo credit:...

Carolyn Harris
Sep 13, 20123 min read


The Itinerary for the Earl and Countess of Wessex in Canada: September 11-18, 2012
The Earl and Countess of Wessex attending the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling in 2010 The Earl and...

Carolyn Harris
Sep 10, 20123 min read


From Rideau Hall to the Red Cross: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Patron of the Paralympic Games
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands The royalty attending the 2012 Paralympic Games, which will be declared open today by Queen...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 29, 20124 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Book Reviews 8: The Diamond Queen by Andrew Marr
One of the fascinating themes of The Diamond Queen is the relationship between the monarchy and the social and cultural changes that have...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 25, 20122 min read
The Monarchy and Québec
My op-ed about Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois`s recent dismissive remarks on the role of the monarchy in Québec was published in...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 10, 20121 min read


The Royal History of Canada’s Maritime Provinces Round 5: Following in the Footsteps of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Dalvay-by-the-Sea
Dalvay-by-the-Sea on the North Shore of Prince Edward Island After traveling to Halifax, Cape Breton Island, Charlottetown and Cavendish,...

Carolyn Harris
Aug 2, 20123 min read


The Royal History of Canada’s Maritime Provinces Round 4: Royalty in the Novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery
Green Gables in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, the home of Lucy Maud Montgomery's MacNeill cousins and the inspiration for the Cuthbert...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 23, 20124 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


The Royal History of Canada’s Maritime Provinces Round 2: Honouring the King at Fort Louisbourg
The reconstructed stronghold at Fort Louisbourg, Cape Breton, which housed the governor, bachelor officers and ordinary soldiers. The...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 10, 20124 min read


The Royal History of Canada’s Maritime Provinces Round 1: Hanoverian Halifax
View of Halifax from Fort George on Citadel Hill. The city's early history was shaped by the eighteenth century monarchy. I spent the...

Carolyn Harris
Jul 4, 20124 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Series 4: The Jubilee Queen of Canada
The fourth and final article of my four part series about Queen Elizabeth II in Canada was published today in the Kingston Whig Standard....

Carolyn Harris
Jun 6, 20121 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Series 3: The Celebrity Queen of Canada
The third article in my four part series about Queen Elizabeth II in Canada was published today. Click here to read “The Celebrity Queen...

Carolyn Harris
Jun 5, 20121 min read
The Diamond Jubilee Series 2: The Controversial Queen of Canada
The second article in my four part Diamond Jubilee Series about the Queen in Canada was published today, covering Queen Elizabeth II’s...

Carolyn Harris
Jun 4, 20121 min read
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