Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦
@royalhistorian.bsky.social
Historian, royal commentator, author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada (2015), Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe (2015) & Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting (2017). Co-editor of the English Consorts series! royalhistorian.com
At the water cooler earlier today...
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
At the water cooler earlier today...
Autumn leaves and winter snow in Toronto
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Autumn leaves and winter snow in Toronto
Saturday energy
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Saturday energy
Lyric spots a camera, strikes a pose.
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Lyric spots a camera, strikes a pose.
My 8 week Nordic Nations history lecture series in Guelph concluded today with the Second World War and the modern Nordic Nations. Thank you to everyone who attended - for your enthusiasm, insightful questions and Nordic novel recommendations! One last GO bus ride to Toronto...
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My 8 week Nordic Nations history lecture series in Guelph concluded today with the Second World War and the modern Nordic Nations. Thank you to everyone who attended - for your enthusiasm, insightful questions and Nordic novel recommendations! One last GO bus ride to Toronto...
Last week of the Toronto-Guelph GO train commute.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last week of the Toronto-Guelph GO train commute.
Looking forward to attending this online lecture at the Victoria and Albert Museum in an hour!
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Looking forward to attending this online lecture at the Victoria and Albert Museum in an hour!
Reading a thriller novel set in London that includes a paragraph about the Duchy of Cornwall.
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reading a thriller novel set in London that includes a paragraph about the Duchy of Cornwall.
When you get your flu shot and covid booster shot on Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When you get your flu shot and covid booster shot on Halloween.
Lyric in the home office
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Lyric in the home office
On the BBC earlier this evening
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
On the BBC earlier this evening
Reading week this week for the Royal Scandals course that I teach on Thursdays. To the theatre!
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reading week this week for the Royal Scandals course that I teach on Thursdays. To the theatre!
Thank you to everyone who attended my lecture this afternoon about Nordic Art, Literature, Science and Polar Exploration in Guelph this afternoon. On the GO bus to Toronto!
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended my lecture this afternoon about Nordic Art, Literature, Science and Polar Exploration in Guelph this afternoon. On the GO bus to Toronto!
Guelph British Methodist Episcopal Church
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Guelph British Methodist Episcopal Church
Week 7 of the Toronto-Guelph GO Train commute
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Week 7 of the Toronto-Guelph GO Train commute
Lyric waiting for his dinner
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Lyric waiting for his dinner
View of fall colours from the GO bus
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
View of fall colours from the GO bus
Thank you to everyone who attended my lecture in Guelph this afternoon about Nordic emigration to North America. On the GO bus to Toronto!
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended my lecture in Guelph this afternoon about Nordic emigration to North America. On the GO bus to Toronto!
The Blacksmith Fountain, Guelph
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Blacksmith Fountain, Guelph
Guelph City Hall
October 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Guelph City Hall
Week 6 of the Toronto-Guelph GO Train commute
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Week 6 of the Toronto-Guelph GO Train commute
Looking forward to Romeo et Juliette @canadianopera.bsky.social this afternoon!
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Looking forward to Romeo et Juliette @canadianopera.bsky.social this afternoon!
Honoured to have been invited to attend the Royal Commonwealth Society of Toronto's 75th Anniversary Luncheon today, A Winning Event with the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Here is the commemorative hockey puck from today's event:
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Honoured to have been invited to attend the Royal Commonwealth Society of Toronto's 75th Anniversary Luncheon today, A Winning Event with the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Here is the commemorative hockey puck from today's event:
Thank you to everyone who attended my lecture in Guelph about King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark and their children and grandchildren. I enjoyed discussing royal Denmark. Back on the GO train to Toronto now.
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended my lecture in Guelph about King Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark and their children and grandchildren. I enjoyed discussing royal Denmark. Back on the GO train to Toronto now.
Week 5 of the Toronto-Guelph GO Train commute
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Week 5 of the Toronto-Guelph GO Train commute