I discussed the relationship between the monarchy and the Commonwealth realms in an interview with Amanda Coletta at the Washington Post.
Category Archives: Royalty and the Atlantic World
The Gazette Article: The Evolution of the Commonwealth During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
New Book Chapter: Royal Tours of Canada in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II
A Resilient Crown: Canada’s Monarchy at the Platinum Jubilee, edited by D. Michael Jackson and Christopher McCreery (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2022) is now available for purchase. This book of essays about the Crown in Canada over the past seventy years includes a chapter that I wrote about Royal Tours of Canada in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Click here to purchase A Resilient Crown: Canada’s Monarchy at the Platinum Jubilee
New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: 10 Places in Canada Named After Royalty
My new article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about 10 of the many places in Canada named after royalty. Click here to read 10 Places in Canada Named After Royalty in the Canadian Encyclopedia.
New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: Royals Who Lived in Canada
In my latest articles in the Canadian Encyclopedia, I discussed members of the royal family who made their home in Canada for months or years from Queen Victoria’s father, the Duke of Kent and Strathearn in the 1790s to Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2020.
Click here to read “Royals Who Lived in Canada” in the Canadian Encyclopedia
North Americana Podcast Interview: The 1939 Royal Tour of Canada and the USA
I discussed King George VI’s and Queen Elizabeth’s 1939 tour of Canada and the United States with Liz Beatty for latest episode of the North Americana podcast: “How a King, a President, a Railway Empire and a Hotdog Helped Save the Free World.”
Click here to listen to “How a King, a President, a Railway Empire and a Hotdog Helped Save the Free World” on the North Americana website. (My quotes are in the last third of the program).
New Reader’s Digest Canada Article: 10 of the Most Memorable Royal Tours of Canada
My new online article for Readers Digest Canada is about 10 Memorable Royal Tours of Canada from the past 100 Years. Although there have not been any Canadian royal tours portrayed in the Netflix series The Crown, the royal family has spent a lot of time in Canada over the past century.
Click here to read 10 of the Most Memorable Royal Tours of Canada at Reader’s Digest Canada
Huffington Post Interview: The Monarchy in Barbados
I discussed the recent announcement that Barbados, one of sixteen Commonwealth realms where Queen Elizabeth II is Head of State, intends to transition from a constitutional monarchy to a republic in 2021, with Maija Kappler from the Huffington Post. We also discussed the monarchy in Canada and the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
New Canadian Encyclopedia Article: King Edward VIII
My new article in the Historica Canada Canadian Encyclopedia is a short biography of King Edward VIII.
Edward toured Canada on several occasions and purchased a ranch in Alberta. He is best known for abdicating the crown and marrying American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Edward is mentioned in novels by several Canadian authors, including Robertson Davies, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Timothy Findley.
Click here to read my article about King Edward VIII in the Canadian Encyclopedia
Vanity Fair Interview: Burning Down the House
I discussed the future of the monarchy in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and the impact of Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepping back from royal duties with Michelle Ruiz at Vanity Fair.