is featured in the weekend National Post including quotes from the chapters about Peter the Great, Queen Victoria and Henry VIII.

In honour of the Queen’s 95th birthday, my latest article in Reader’s Digest Canada presents the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 30 quotes from informal conversations to official speeches. Click here to read Queen Elizabeth’s Incredible Life in 30 Quotes at Reader’s Digest Canada I also discussed Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday and the history of royal train tours of Canada with Janet Davison at CBC News Click here to read The Queen turns 95: In mourning but unwavering in her role at CBC News

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Canada in 2010 I will be giving a talk about the Queen Canada at the Rockmosa Older Adult Centre in Rockwood, Ontario on June 8, 2016 at 11:30 in honour of the Queen

ABOUT THIS COURSE The year 2022 marks Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, the 70th anniversary of

I discussed Queen Elizabeth II’s childhood, accession and coronation for the Since the World’s Been Turning Other themes in the “England’s Got a New Queen” episode include changing press coverage of royal events Click here to listen to the “England’s Got a New Queen” episode of Since the World’s Been Turning podcast

At last it struck me that it would be splendid to name it Victoria Island because we found it on the The significance of the 1860 royal tour of British North America by Queen Victoria’s son and heir, Prince Victoria in her island childhood, writing, “When I was a child and young girl the Victoria myth was veil on her head, a broad blue ribbon over her breast and jewels plastered on thickly everywhere… Poor Victoria Marigold is shocked that Varvara speaks of Queen Victoria irreverently, on the grounds that “she’s mother

Queen Mary with her granddaughters Princess Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. For the Queen’s younger sister, Princess Margaret, life as “the spare” initially seemed glamorous but George VI, George V, Charles I and Henry VIII were all second sons while Elizabeth I and Queen Anne were Henry I, King John and Richard III were all fourth surviving sons and Queen Victoria was the daughter

Queen Victoria, whose father died when she was an infant, was walked down the aisle by one of her uncles

In common with Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for more than sixty years and is the only Both the Queen’s father, King George VI, and her grandfather, King George V were effective constitutional His upbringing, education and marriage all occurred during the reign of his grandmother, Queen Victoria period of unprecedented social and political change with political opinions that had been shaped by the Victorian Like his grandmother, Queen Victoria, King George V opposed women’s suffrage but ultimately granted royal

The Queen turns 90 on April 21 and public celebrations will continue in May and June in the United Kingdom I discussed the significance of the Queen’s 90th birthday with Janet Davison at CBC.ca. Click here to read the interview “The Queen at 90: Why it’s more than just a celebration of Elizabeth birthday” at CBC.ca I will be appearing on TV and radio throughout the day on April 21 to discuss the Queen