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  • My January-February 2016 course: Artists and Their Royal Patrons

    We will look at Catherine the Great, who helped found the Hermitage Museum, and Queen Elizabeth II, who

  • Friday Royal Read: The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty

    Although King Henry VIII and his daughter Queen Elizabeth I are two of the most famous monarchs in English Footsteps of Anne Boleyn, to ensure that they absorb as much knowledge about these famous Kings and Queens (In Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII, historian David Starkey summarized these simplistic portrayals Catherine of Aragon was pious but she was also a “hands-on queen” who served as Henry VIII’s regent while Katherine Howard’s time as queen ended in a royal scandal but she was also generous and charitable, providing

  • My Magna Carta lecture series at Fort York this October

    Braveheart but in his own lifetime, he earned the respect of his English subjects through his military victories

  • Friday Royal Read: The Crown and Parliament, edited by Michel Bédard and Philippe Lagassé

    Baud examine Section 41a of the Constitution Act of 1982, which concerns changes to the office of the queen

  • My Column in the Globe and Mail and Interviews about Queen Elizabeth II becoming longest reigning monarch

    Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne touring Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories in 1970 My column in today’s Globe and Mail, The Queen of Canada marks a special anniversary, compares the impact of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II on Canadian politics, history and culture. their example encouraged other women to enter the political realm, campaigning for votes for women in Victoria been interviewed by CBC.ca and Today.com about the Queen’s record reign.

  • Canadian Press Interview: Queen Elizabeth to surpass Victoria for length of reign, but similarities endure

    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh leaving the Royal York hotel in Toronto on a On September 9, Queen Elizabeth II will exceed Queen Victoria’s record for longest reigning monarch in In my interview with the Canadian Press, I compared the approaches of Victoria and Elizabeth II to the While Victoria made her opinions about her Prime Ministers clear, Elizabeth II remains above party politics Elizabeth to surpass Victoria for length of reign, but similarities endure”

  • Friday Royal Read: Elizabeth I and Her Circle by Susan Doran

    While Elizabeth I included Henry VIII in her public image to reinforce her legitimacy as queen, Doran of the famous 9 Days Queen, Lady Jane Grey). Elizabeth even enjoyed a brief period of good relations with Mary, Queen of Scots. Elizabeth I and Her Circle is essential reading for anyone interested in Queen Elizabeth I, her court The Queen’s most lasting relationship was with England and her subjects.

  • Friday Royal Read: Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s by Virginia Nicholson

    Throughout the decade, the two most prominent women in Britain were Queen Elizabeth II, whose marriage The Queen’s coronation in 1953 was one of the most memorable events of the decade and Nicholson presents   a vivid account of women’s engagement in the ceremony, from the Queen herself at the centre of events The Queen supported the establishment and Margaret ultimately married the photographer Antony Armstrong

  • Friday Royal Read: The Queen at the Council Fire by Nathan Tidridge

    In The Queen at the Council Fire, Nathan Tidridge, an educator and author of Canada’s Constitutional The Queen at the Council Fire places an important emphasis on the role of language in these early treaties The Queen’s youngest son and daughter-in-law visit Canada almost every year but their itineraries are The Queen at the Council Fire: The Treaty of Niagara, Reconciliation, and the Dignified Crown in Canada The Queen at the Council Fire instead places both the monarchy and First Nations history, language, culture

  • Friday Royal Read: The Exchange of Princesses by Chantal Thomas (Historical Fiction)

    and scholarly study, The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette dramatizes an early In Farewell, My Queen and the film based on the novel, Farewell My Queen / Les Adieux à la Reine, there royal couples brought together by the The Exchange of Princesses: King Louis XV of France and Mariana Victoria Mariana Victoria is between the ages of four and seven over the course of the novel and Louise Élisabeth Both Mariana Victoria and Louise Élisabeth were sent to remote places and may well have been happier

  • CBC News Interview: Royal archives: What Canadian secrets might they reveal?

    The archives contain documents concerning Queen Victoria’s 4th daughter, Princess Louise that are currently I do not believe the rumors about Princess Louise’s personal life because she was present at Queen Victoria

  • Friday Royal Read: The Rival Queens by Nancy Goldstone

    The Rival Queens begins powerfully with the St. Her life was filled with narrow escapes, quick thinking and daring rescues and the The Rival Queens is While Marguerite emerges as a fully realized figure in The Rival Queens, Catherine de Medici does not only results in a hurried description of a fascinating period of Catherine’s life – the young Mary, Queen The Rival Queens: Catherine de’ Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited

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