In an extended interview with Katie Boyden at Metro UK, I discussed Queen Elizabeth II’s popularity and Kings and Queens discussed in the interview include Queen Victoria and Richard III.

changing views of women’s suffrage over the course of the 19th century, and the popular perception of Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise as viceregal consort of Canada.

One of my new articles in the Canadian Encyclopedia looks back to Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee 20 years ago including the tour of Canada by the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in October Click here to read Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee – 2002 in the Canadian Encyclopedia

Click Here to Enroll Course Details The wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011 and Queen These will include the personal impact of the Kings of France on the development of what is now Quebec, Queen Victoria’s decisive role in Confederation, Canada’s royal tours and royal residents, and the changing What role do the Queen and her representatives really play in Canada’s political system today, and how

Prince of Wales at Caenarvon Castle in 1969 My recent interview in Maclean’s Magazine concerns how Queen current generation of Canadian centenarians would prefer to receive congratulations from the current Queen Click here to read “Canadians adore Queen Elizabeth. Her son? Not so much” in Maclean’s Magazine

How did you become interested in this particular queen? I had read the romantic Victorian accounts of Eleanor, and thought that, if they were true, it seemed For public consumption she was simply the devoted queen who accompanied Edward everywhere.  Hilton is nearer the mark than the Victorians who had Eleanor down as a bit of a sap – but I think she One day I would like to know another medieval queen as well as I have go to know Eleanor. 

I discussed popular responses to Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee with Janet Davison at CBC News Click here to read “Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee a mix of celebration and transition” at CBC News

Victoria) and the kiss on the Buckingham Palace balcony (Charles and Diana). There are two chapters about Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert and a detailed analysis by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska Victoria’s life and reign, providing new analysis of the Queen’s restrictive upbringing, her marriage Ridley is especially critical of the romantic narrative of Queen Victoria’s marriage, popularized in the film The Young Victoria (and now the Victoria series on PBS), noting that Albert undermined Victoria

Happiest Country received responses from twitter followers who “loved this book” while my praise for Queen Victoria’s Descendants prompted another twitter follower to observe that the author  “is one of the Victoria’s more obscure descendants. I was interested to learn that a few of Queen Victoria’s descendants settled in Canada including Prince I read the 1987 edition so the genealogy does not include Queen Victoria’s descendants born since then

I discussed the early life and family life of Queen Elizabeth II with Laura Keay at Sky News Queen Elizabeth II: The early years of a princess who was never supposed to be the monarch Queen Elizabeth: The monarch

I discussed the 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II with Reader's Digest Click here to read " 8 Reasons Why Queen Elizabeth Never Gave Up the Throne" in Reader's Digest

Victoria’s reign as a coming of age story. her new position as Queen. I liked the idea that Victoria was inspired by past Queens such as Mary II, who acquired Kensington Palace where Victoria grew up and Queen Elizabeth I. The future Czar Alexander II, who indeed visited Queen Victoria’s court, is depicted as the son of Victoria