Crowning Achievement

Carolyn Harris with her arms folded in front of her, smiling at the camera.

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Carolyn Harris rarely finds herself speechless. Yet the seasoned communicator and expert on royal history was indeed speechless when she learned of Queen Elizabeth카지노 게임 컬렉션s death while doing a TV interview about the monarch카지노 게임 컬렉션s health.

Dr. Harris, PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션12, can often be found commenting on all things royal and Sept. 8, 2022, was no exception. She was on CTV News when suddenly she saw the flag lowered on the screen.

카지노 게임 컬렉션I stopped talking; it was just a very solemn moment,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Harris recalls. 카지노 게임 컬렉션This was a very significant moment for the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s family and for the wider United Kingdom and Commonwealth in terms of their relationship with the monarchy.카지노 게임 컬렉션

A flurry of media requests followed 카지노 게임 컬렉션 CNN, Sky News, the Globe and Mail, CBC Television, and Time magazine. As time passed, Dr. Harris noticed a shift from legacy interviews to those about King Charles III, the future of his reign, and when his coronation would take place.

Asked if she imagined a career in royal media commentary when she was doing her PhD, Dr. Harris, who is an instructor at the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto and an author, says she always found the topic interesting. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션My PhD looked at the role of the queen in the 17th and 18th centuries, and I spent six months abroad at the 카지노게임사이트 of London,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션When I was there, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden became engaged to her former personal trainer. I recall the headline: 카지노 게임 컬렉션Princess to marry the man who made her fit to be queen.카지노 게임 컬렉션카지노 게임 컬렉션

It was chance that kicked off the commentator part of her career.

카지노 게임 컬렉션One of my professors at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s was receiving invitations to comment on the history of royal weddings leading up to the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Harris recalls. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I said I could take some requests. From there, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s pitched me as its royal expert and that led to all sorts of opportunities.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Before long, she set up a and a . 

카지노 게임 컬렉션I really just seize the opportunities that come,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션But certainly, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s been an extraordinary experience, living through historic times of a 70-year reign.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Her knowledge is broad and expands outside Britain to royal houses across Europe and beyond. She카지노 게임 컬렉션s been asked to talk about everything from royal finances to poets laureate and how they eulogize monarchs. 

Dr. Harris says her passion for royal history dates to her childhood, when she saw a documentary about the last Russian imperial family and was 카지노 게임 컬렉션fascinated and horrified카지노 게임 컬렉션 by the fate of the Romanov children. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션I was always fascinated by the people behind historical events, and the intersections of monarchy and turmoil and revolution,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says.

Visits to places such as Hampton Court Palace with her family 카지노 게임 컬렉션 her father was born in Yorkshire 카지노 게임 컬렉션 planted the seeds for her PhD studies.

카지노 게임 컬렉션I liked looking at [queens] and the decisions they made as wives and mothers and heads of royal households managing their servants and their staff,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션What we think of as domestic became very political and often intersected with wider anxieties about women, their families and how children were being raised.카지노 게임 컬렉션

One of her side hustles these days is being a royal expert on cruises. Last summer, she did a Mediterranean cruise with stops in monarchies such as Spain and Monaco. 카지노 게임 컬렉션You can really make history come alive to audiences,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says.

Her cocktail party answer for what she does?

카지노 게임 컬렉션카지노 게임 컬렉션I카지노 게임 컬렉션m an historian and an author specializing in the history of the royal family.카지노 게임 컬렉션 And I would see where the conversation goes from there.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Dr. Harris카지노 게임 컬렉션s books include Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada, Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette, and Raising Royalty: 1,000 Years of Royal Parenting.

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