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===20th century=== In 1922, [[Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood|Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles]] married [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|Princess Mary]], the only daughter of [[George V]]. Initially living in the nearby [[Goldsborough Hall]], the couple moved permanently into Harewood House on the death of Henry's father in 1929.<ref name="Jones"/> During the Second World War, the house acted as a resident convalescent hospital<ref>{{cite web |title=Leeds Legacies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/work/england/leeds/gallery_6.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 September 2019 |quote=During World War II Harewood House was used as a resident convalescent hospital. |archive-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925070737/http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/work/england/leeds/gallery_6.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> but by the late 1940s, the Princess Royal and her family had moved permanently back to Harewood, where the house and gardens were regularly opened<ref>{{cite news |title=Harewood House open on Monday |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=harewood%20%20house%20%20gardens%20%20%20opened&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1944&to=1949 |access-date=25 September 2019 |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |location=Yorkshire, England |date=29 July 1949 |quote=Harewood House open on Monday β HAREWOOD House and gardens will open to the public on Monday from 11 a.m. to... |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208103550/https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=harewood++house++gardens+++opened&county=yorkshire%2C+england&from=1944&to=1949 |url-status=live }}</ref> to the public. The estate also hosted concerts connected with musical institutions including the [[Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Leeds Festival (classical music)|Leeds Musical Festival]], of which the Princess was [[patron]]. On 28 March 1965, the Princess was walking the grounds of Harewood when she suffered a fatal heart attack.<ref name="newton">{{cite news |last1=Newton |first1=Grace |title=The Queen's Lost Family: TV documentary tells the story of the royal letters found in a Yorkshire country house |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/queens-lost-family-tv-documentary-tells-story-royal-letters-found-yorkshire-country-house-1751595 |access-date=14 June 2020 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614175314/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/queens-lost-family-tv-documentary-tells-story-royal-letters-found-yorkshire-country-house-1751595 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her elder son, [[George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood|Lord Harewood]], the 7th earl, succeeded his father in 1947, and resided at Harewood. He was director of the [[Royal Opera House]] and later of the [[English National Opera]]; nearer to Harewood, he was a member of the Leeds Music Festival's executive committee and a patron of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra's concerts.<ref>{{cite news |title=Several well-known musical authorities from Leeds tell of the opportunities afforded them to talk things musical to her Royal Highness |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=harewood%20%20house%20%20musical%20%20festival%20%20triennial&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1944&to=1949 |access-date=25 September 2019 |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |location=Yorkshire, England |date=10 January 1949 |quote=....concert-going in Leeds recently as this week-end when attended the concert. "Music patron" β The Princess Royal is patron of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival. During the last series β in October, 1947, β she attended most of the concerts. She was for many years patron ....Yorkshire Evening Post Yorkshire, England 19 Jul 1949...He [Lord Harewood] edits a magazine on ballet and opera, and is a member the Executive Committee of the Leeds Triennial Festival in which the Princess.... |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208103554/https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=harewood++house++musical++festival++triennial&county=yorkshire%2C+england&from=1944&to=1949 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Leeds Reception to Lord and Lady Harewood |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=lord%20%20harewood%20%20%20yorkshire%20%20symphony%20%20orchestra&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1944&to=1949 |access-date=25 September 2018 |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post / Yorkshire and Evening Post |location=Yorkshire, England |date=23 November 1949 |page=1 [Front page of The Yorkshire Post β 23 November 1949] |quote=Chatting informally for nearly two hours with a large gathering of ...the Princess Royal wore rose pink velvet.....Among others presented were ...Sir William and Lady Cartwright...Mr R. Noel Middleton (Leeds Musical Festival Committee)...Mr Philip Fox (Leeds Director of the B.B.C.)....'''Y.S.O. concert''' β ...chairman of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra Committee had a long chat with the Earl and Countess regarding the orchestra, and invited them to attend the Saturday performance. They both expressed much interest in the orchestra and said they would like... Yorkshire Post 11 April 1950...A Concert by Members of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra at Harewood House...Before a large and appreciative audience, in which the Princess Royal and the Earl and Countess of Harewood....Mr Maurice Miles conducted a section of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra... |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208103623/https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=lord++harewood+++yorkshire++symphony++orchestra&county=yorkshire%2C+england&from=1944&to=1949 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=B. |first1=E. |title=Significant Choice for Y.S.O. concert |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19500220/131/0006 |access-date=11 April 2019 |newspaper=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=20 February 1950 |quote=[page 1/front page] β The Earl of Harewood has agreed to be patron of the concert, and he and the Countess have promised to attend. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bradbury |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=harewood%20%20yorkshire%20%20symphony%20%20orchestr%20a&county=yorkshire%2C%20england&from=1940&to=1949&page=5 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |location=Yorkshire, England |date=21 March 1949 |access-date=24 November 2018 |quote=....besides visit Leeds yesterday, the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra's concert at Leeds Town Hall on Saturday night was devoted to the music from the operas of Mozart and Puccini. Among the audience was the Earl of Harewood. |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208103555/https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=harewood++yorkshire++symphony++orchestr+a&county=yorkshire%2C+england&from=1940&to=1949&page=5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitaker |first1=J. |title=An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1955, Volume 87 |date=1955 |publisher=J. Whitaker |page=1003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFMQAAAAIAAJ&q=Yorkshire+Symphony+Orchestra+Harewood+House |access-date=8 October 2019 |quote=The London Symphony Orchestra, the Leeds Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras, the Yorkshire Symphony ... Hex was performed, with Peter Pears and Hclenc Bouvier, and, at a morning concert In the Picture Gallery of Harewood House... |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208103550/https://books.google.com/books?id=FFMQAAAAIAAJ&q=Yorkshire+Symphony+Orchestra+Harewood+House&dq=Yorkshire+Symphony+Orchestra+Harewood+House |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1947 the estate's [[Dower House]], which lies outside the estate boundaries, has been leased out for use as an [[independent school]].<ref>Gateways Educational Trust Limited, [https://www.gatewaysschool.co.uk/about-gateways/ About Gateways] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114143834/https://www.gatewaysschool.co.uk/about-gateways/ |date=14 January 2021 }}, accessed 21 December 2020</ref>
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