Volume 14 | May 3, 2023

I will be providing coronation commentary on CBC Radio on May 6 and discussing coronation traditions on The Social on CTV on May 5.

In recent weeks, I have been talking about the history of coronation ceremonies and celebrations with the media, and writing articles for Reader's Digest Canada about coronations and royal residences. I discussed my career with the Queen's University Department of History Alumni Archives podcast.

I am the co-editor of a four volume series: English Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty. Two of the volumes were published by Palgrave Macmillan in Spring 2023: Later Plantagenet and the Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty and Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty.

Upcoming Speaking Engagements:

May 9, 2023 "The Laws of the Crown - Deciphering the Rules of the British Royal Family and its Implications for Laws in the US and Beyond" New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education

May 12, 2023 "Royalty in Popular Culture: Facts, Fiction and The Crown" Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning

May 31, 2023 Speaker Series about Royal Tours of Canada and the United States aboard the Regent Seven Seas Navigator

June 11, 2023 Speaker Series about Royal Tours of Canada, the United States and Bermuda aboard the Regent Seven Seas Navigator

Recent Media Interviews:

May 3, 2023 A spoon, a stone and a graffiti-covered chair will play key roles in King Charles’s coronation. Here’s why they’re so special (Toronto Star)

May 3, 2023 Des symboles verts pour redorer l’image du roi (Le Devoir)

May 2, 2023 Amid the pomp and pageantry, coronations court controversy, too (CBC News)

April 30, 2023 Royal watchers preparing for a shorter, smaller coronation than one 70 years ago (Canadian Press)

April 28, 2023 From Battenberg cake to coronation chicken: The long history of royal dishes crossing over to home kitchens (National Post)

April 25, 2023 I tried making King Charles’s special quiche and it is a coronation abomination (Toronto Star)

April 24, 2023, Poll suggests most Canadians don’t want Charles as King (CBC News)

April 23, 2023, First months on throne show King Charles wants to engage, but Canadians skeptical (The Canadian Press)

April 23, 2023, Can a coronation be modernized? It may not be that easy (CBC News)

April 12, 2023, Prince Harry to attend King Charles’ coronation while wife Meghan remains in California (NBC News)

April 9, 2023, More open and relaxed? Why King Charles’s debut on world stage could signal his style as monarch (CBC News)

March 6, 2023, Even royals can face eviction. What to do when it happens to you (Toronto Star)