Coronation portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. June 2, 1953 Today is the 64th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation on June 2, 1953. The Queen’s ultimate decision to invite the BBC into Westminster Abbey to televise the coronation allowed As I discuss in the article, the Queen continues to make use of new technologies to publicize royal events Click here to read “The Queen’s Coronation on Camera” at Dundurn Press

column in this weekend’s edition of the Kingston Whig Standard looks at the recent scrutiny of the Queen While press coverage focuses on the Queen being “down to her last million” in her reserve fund, the most Click here to read the full column, “The Queen’s Crumbling Palaces” in the Kingston Whig Standard

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the 2009 Trooping of the Colour Celebrations Queen Elizabeth II has invited the crowned heads of the world to lunch at Windsor Castle this Friday, Although the guest list will not be publicly announced until the day, the Queen’s guests are presumed The former King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie at the 2010 wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of In the late nineteenth century, Queen Victoria’s widowhood provided her with a pretense to avoid meetings

Week 30: Queens and Empresses: In recent weeks, I have been reading extensively about one of my favourite I’s queen, Anna of Denmark, most of the contributors examine comparatively overlooked figures. In addition to chapters reassessing well known queens, there is analysis of little known queens consort , Catherine Jagiellon, Queen of Sweden, two queens consort who deserve to be more well known. Marie of Romania choosing a tulle veil instead of the wedding lace favoured by most of Queen Victoria

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling on their wedding day, June 19, 2010 On February 23, 2012, Crown Princess Victoria, heir to the Swedish throne gave birth a daughter named Estelle Silvia with Crown Princess Victoria eventually succeeding the current King Carl XVI Gustaf and being followed Ulrika Eleanora who reigned over Sweden as Queen Regnant from 1718-1720 then as Queen Consort until her Crown Princess Victoria and her daughter, Estelle will be the fourth and fifth Queens Regnant in Swedish

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Canada in 2010 Queen Elizabeth II issued new The document states, “The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the title on her only daughter, Princess Anne in 1987. Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their nine children With the advent of constitutional monarchy, popular The thirteen surviving children of King George III and the nine children of Queen Victoria prompted parliamentary

The Queen’s children and grandchildren will assume additional responsibilties and there will be debate

My column in this weekend’s Kingston Whig-Standard discusses Queen Elizabeth II’s decades long friendship The Queen and the statesman belonged to same generation and shared a common vision of racial equality

Queen Victoria popularized the white wedding dress and her descendants have also exerted a profound influence author of ‘Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting,‘ for a lively history of royal weddings from Victorian

My new article in the Historica Canada Canadia Encyclopedia is about Queen Juliana of the Netherlands Click here to read my article about Queen Juliana in the Canadian Encyclopedia

My new article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands who spent her early Click here to read my article about Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in the Canadian Encyclopedia

Fans of the television series Downton Abbey will find this period of the Queen Mother’s life particularly Counting One’s Blessings: The Selected Letters Of Elizabeth The Queen Mother is an essential addition The Queen Mother witnessed immense social and political change throughout the 20th century. letters, diaries, speeches and interviews provide a unique window into the thoughts of a Lady, Duchess, Queen and Queen Mother throughout her long and fascinating life.