Volume 18 | February 29, 2024

Dundurn Press is having a Leap Day sale and my books Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada and Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting are 25% off with the discount code LEAPDAY. (Sale ends March 2).

My 2024-2025 University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies course schedule has been confirmed. My Fall 2024 courses The Nordic Nations: From Vikings to Modernity and Peter the Great and the Building of Saint Petersburg and my Winter 2025 courses Women in Power and Artists and Their Royal Patrons are currently open for enrollment. My new Fall 2024 course about the History of Scotland will be open for enrollment in the coming weeks!

My new articles in the Canadian Encyclopedia discuss the impact of King Louis XIV on the development of New France, and the career of Laura Muntz Lyall, the first Canadian artist to receive an honourable mention at the Paris salon.

In recent weeks, I have been discussing 2024 royal developments - including the abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and the cancer diagnosis of King Charles III - with a variety of media outlets including CBC News, Global News, the Toronto Star, CNN Max and USA Today.

Recent Media Interviews

King Charles III’s Cancer Diagnosis

February 28, 2024 Prince William and Camilla are doing fine amid King Charles’ absence, experts say. Is it sustainable? (USA Today)

February 11, 2024 Who will be the public face of the monarchy as King Charles is treated for cancer? (CBC News)

February 8, 2024, Will King Charles abdicate? The fate of the throne, according to experts (USA Today)

February 7, 2024 King Charles is battling cancer. What happens to Queen Camilla if he dies or abdicates? (USA Today)

February 6, 2024, How King Charles’ Cancer Diagnosis affects the Royal Family (Global National News TV)

February 6, 2024 King Charles III’s Cancer Diagnosis (CNN Max TV)

February 6, 2024 King Charles III’s Cancer Diagnosis (CBC Toronto Metro Morning Radio)

February 6, 2024 What we know about King Charles’ cancer diagnosis (CBC Ottawa Morning Radio)

February 5, 2024 Historian weighs in on King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis (CBS Detroit TV)

February 5, 2024 What happens when a monarch falls ill? The plan for royal health issues explained (CBC News)

Prince Andrew’s Legal Issues

January 4, 2024, Newly unsealed Epstein documents leave Prince Andrew with ‘much to answer for’ (CBC News)



The Abdication of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

January 14, 2024, ‘Very modern’ royals Frederik and Mary come to Danish throne after surprise abdication (CBC News)

January 4, 2024, Meet the new royal power couple: the soon-to-be King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark (Toronto Star)

2024-2025 University of Toronto

School of Continuing Studies Courses

Fall 2024

Tuesdays: The Nordic Nations: From Vikings to Modernity (in-class) (open for enrollment, click here to register)

Wednesdays: The History of Scotland (in-class) (new course open for enrollment shortly)

Thursdays: Peter the Great and the Building of Saint Petersburg (online) (open for enrollment, click here to register)

Winter 2025

Tuesdays: Women in Power (in class) (open for enrollment, click here to register)

Thursdays: Artists and Their Royal Patrons (open for enrollment, click here to register)