in 1976. They had one daughter.

In May 2016, McKitterick was one of 300 prominent historians, including Simon Schama and Niall Ferguson, who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian, telling voters that if they chose to leave the European Union on 23 June, they would be condemning Britain to irrelevance.

McKitterick died on 13 June 2026, aged 77.

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