Jill, Duchess of Hamilton (née Jillian Robertson; 30 January 1940 – 22 April 2018) was an Australian-born British journalist, environmentalist, and author.
She interviewed, among others, the Dalai Lama, politicians Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, writers Nancy Mitford and P. G. Wodehouse, and actors Marlon Brando and Richard Burton.
[1] Robertson's career in journalism was cut short in 1967 by a pregnancy and subsequent marriage to fellow journalist Martin Page.
The divorce left her known as Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, a title she came to dislike and which she asked to be removed from her byline.
She was once asked about the correct form of address for a divorced duchess, replying: "I have absolutely no bloody idea, and please don't tell me.
[1] She developed a strong interest in the Holy Land and spent several months per year in Jerusalem, from where she wrote columns for the Catholic Herald.
She enrolled into the School of African and Oriental Studies, first to do a Master of Arts degree and then a doctorate researching marriage law in Israel.
[1] Robertson died of cancer on 22 April 2018 in Oxford, England, surrounded by friends who were helping her submit her thesis.