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For three years in the early 2000s, she dated journalist ]. The two met when she was an undergraduate at Brown University and he was a graduate of ] working for '']'' magazine.<ref name="Harper-Bio" /> In 2018, he wrote a controversial article about his relationship with Lady Gabriella and the royal family for '']''.<ref name="Harper-Bio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/race-and-the-royals-inside-kensington-palace |title=Race and the Royals: An Outsider's View Inside Kensington Palace |publisher=Vanity Fair |first=Aatish |last=Taseer |date=May 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803142258/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/race-and-the-royals-inside-kensington-palace |url-status=live }}</ref> For three years in the early 2000s, she dated journalist ]. The two met when she was an undergraduate at Brown University and he was a graduate of ] working for '']'' magazine.<ref name="Harper-Bio" /> In 2018, he wrote a controversial article about his relationship with Lady Gabriella and the royal family for '']''.<ref name="Harper-Bio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/race-and-the-royals-inside-kensington-palace |title=Race and the Royals: An Outsider's View Inside Kensington Palace |publisher=Vanity Fair |first=Aatish |last=Taseer |date=May 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803142258/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/race-and-the-royals-inside-kensington-palace |url-status=live }}</ref>


Lady Gabriella's engagement to ] alumnus and ] graduate Thomas Henry Robin Kingston (22 June 1978 in ] – 25 February 2024 in ]) was announced by ] on 19 September 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas Kingston obituary: 'exceptional' man at centre of royal tragedy |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-is-thomas-kingston-prince-michael-kent-prince-william-qccqzvcdb |access-date=1 March 2024 |publisher=UK Times |date=29 February 2024 |quote=After attending Dean Close School in Cheltenham, Kingston studied economic history at Bristol University.}}</ref><ref name="Engagement-Tel"/> His father was lawyer William Martin Kingston ], and his mother, Jill Mary Kingston '']'' Bache, was the granddaughter of ] William Joseph Pearman-Smith of ].<ref>{{cite book |authorlink1=0713661259 |title=Who Was Who: 1897-2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqnqPdVNFrgC&q=Sir+William+Joseph+Pearman+Smith |publisher=St Martin's Press 2002 |access-date=2 June 2019 |page=761 |quote=Sir William Joseph P.; see Pearman-Smith of Park Hall....(dau) Jesse Bache née Pearman-Smith (d.1989)...(dau) Jill Mary Bache (b.1950)....|isbn=9780713661255 |year=2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Kingston Esq QC |url=https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view?cid=34926 |publisher=The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple |access-date=7 November 2018 |quote=Full Title: Martin Kingston Esq QC |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109192715/https://www.middletemple.org.uk/bencher-persons-view?cid=34926 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Seward |first=Ingrid |title=Editor-in-Chief's Letter |magazine=Majesty |url=http://majestymagazine.com/editors_letter.php |volume=39 |issue=11 |date=November 2018 |access-date=7 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107093744/http://majestymagazine.com/editors_letter.php |archive-date=2018-11-07 |url-status=dead |quote=Forty-year-old Tom, whose father is a Queen's Counsel...}}</ref> He was part of the diplomatic missions unit of the ] and between 2003 and 2006 was stationed in ], where he served as a project manager for the International Centre for Reconciliation.<ref name="Telegraph-obituary"/> Upon his return to Britain, he pursued a career in financing, assuming<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |first=Will |last=Humphries |date=2024-12-03 |title=Thomas Kingston inquest: wife’s warning over antidepressants |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/thomas-kingston-death-inquiry-medication-7rkbvn622 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref> different positions such as equity analyst for ], managing director of Voltan Capital Management, and director of Devonport Capital.<ref name="Telegraph-obituary"/> Thomas and Lady Gabriella became engaged on the Isle of ] in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/royals/lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged-thomas-kingston/ |title=There Will Be Another Royal Wedding Next Spring – Lady Gabriella Windsor Is Getting Married! |work=People |first=Simon |last=Perry |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115100427/https://people.com/royals/lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged-thomas-kingston/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The wedding took place at ], on 18 May 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a23316585/who-is-lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged/|title=Lady Gabriella Windsor, the Latest Royal to Get Engaged, Has a Pretty Controversial Family|publisher=Harper's Bazaar|first=Megan|last=Friedman|date=21 December 2018|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215192505/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a23316585/who-is-lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was attended by ] and ].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Royals at Lady Gabriella Windsor wedding |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48322655 |access-date=2022-12-04 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117174808/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-48322655 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lady Gabriella's engagement to ] alumnus and ] graduate Thomas Henry Robin Kingston (22 June 1978 in ] – 25 February 2024 in ]) was announced by ] on 19 September 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas Kingston obituary: 'exceptional' man at centre of royal tragedy |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/who-is-thomas-kingston-prince-michael-kent-prince-william-qccqzvcdb |access-date=1 March 2024 |publisher=UK Times |date=29 February 2024 |quote=After attending Dean Close School in Cheltenham, Kingston studied economic history at Bristol University.}}</ref><ref name="Engagement-Tel"/> He was part of the diplomatic missions unit of the ] and between 2003 and 2006 was stationed in ], where he served as a project manager for the International Centre for Reconciliation.<ref name="Telegraph-obituary"/> Upon his return to Britain, he pursued a career in financing, assuming<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |first=Will |last=Humphries |date=2024-12-03 |title=Thomas Kingston inquest: wife’s warning over antidepressants |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/thomas-kingston-death-inquiry-medication-7rkbvn622 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref> different positions such as equity analyst for ], managing director of Voltan Capital Management, and director of Devonport Capital.<ref name="Telegraph-obituary"/> Thomas and Lady Gabriella became engaged on the Isle of ] in August 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/royals/lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged-thomas-kingston/ |title=There Will Be Another Royal Wedding Next Spring – Lady Gabriella Windsor Is Getting Married! |work=People |first=Simon |last=Perry |date=19 September 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115100427/https://people.com/royals/lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged-thomas-kingston/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The wedding took place at ], on 18 May 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a23316585/who-is-lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged/|title=Lady Gabriella Windsor, the Latest Royal to Get Engaged, Has a Pretty Controversial Family|publisher=Harper's Bazaar|first=Megan|last=Friedman|date=21 December 2018|access-date=12 April 2019|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215192505/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a23316585/who-is-lady-gabriella-windsor-engaged/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was attended by ] and ].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Royals at Lady Gabriella Windsor wedding |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48322655 |access-date=2022-12-04 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117174808/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-48322655 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Buckingham Palace announced on 27 February 2024 that Thomas had died, aged 45.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coughlan |first1=Sean |title=Thomas Kingston: Royals mourn Prince Michael of Kent's son-in-law |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68413546 |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=BBC News |date=27 February 2024 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227235002/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68413546 |url-status=live }}</ref> At an ] opening at Gloucestershire coroner's court, it was revealed that Thomas had died from a "traumatic head wound" and a gun had been found near his body in an outbuilding at his parents' home in the ].<ref name="Guardian-inquest">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/01/thomas-kingston-died-from-traumatic-head-wound-and-gun-found-inquest-told|title=Thomas Kingston died from 'traumatic head wound' and gun found, inquest told|work=The Guardian|date=1 March 2024|access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> The police believed the death was not suspicious.<ref name="Guardian-inquest"/> A private funeral took place at the Chapel Royal in ] on 12 March.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas Kingston: Private funeral held for Lady Gabriella's husband |url=https://news.sky.com/story/thomas-kingston-funeral-held-for-prince-and-princess-michael-of-kents-son-in-law-13093325 |access-date=12 March 2024 |work=Sky News |date=12 March 2024}}</ref> Buckingham Palace announced on 27 February 2024 that Thomas Kingston had died, aged 45.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coughlan |first1=Sean |title=Thomas Kingston: Royals mourn Prince Michael of Kent's son-in-law |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68413546 |access-date=28 February 2024 |work=BBC News |date=27 February 2024 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227235002/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68413546 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 3 December 2024, a ] gave a ] that Thomas had no settled intention to end his life and had shot himself impulsively as a result of "adverse effects of medication he had recently been prescribed". In January 2024, he had taken ], a ] (SSRI), for four days but stopped after it caused a severe adverse reaction, leaving him "sleepy and low in the mornings", and feeling "woozy and overheat" during the day. In February 2024, he was prescribed ] (another SSRI), taking two pills and suffering a similar adverse reaction before he died on 25 February.<ref name=":0"/> The ] in the UK states that ] is a risk during and shortly after discontinuing Sertraline.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Electronic Medicines Compendium |date=3 December 2024 |title=PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER - Sertraline 50 mg & 100 mg film-coated Tablets - Sertraline hydrochloride |url=https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.3501.pdf}}</ref> ], a professor of psychiatry and psychopharmacologist, gave evidence as the expert medical witness to the inquest that SSRIs can cause even completely healthy people to end their lives and that Thomas' adverse reaction to Sertraline was predictive of his adverse reaction to Citalopram, the two drugs being "same thing{{nbsp}} with a different name."<ref name=":0" /> He had also been prescribed ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-03 |title=Thomas Kingston took life after "adverse reaction" to medication |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ewl7e75yxo |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In a statement read on her behalf at the inquest, Lady Gabriella said patients should be made more aware of the potential for an adverse reaction to the medications in order to prevent future deaths.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Matthew |date=2024-12-03 |title=Husband of UK royal took own life after 'adverse effects of medication' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/03/thomas-kingston-husband-of-uk-royal-took-own-life-after-adverse-effects-of-medication-coroner |access-date=2024-12-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 06:09, 31 December 2024

British freelance writer (born 1981)

Lady Gabriella Kingston
BornGabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor
(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 43)
St Mary's Hospital, London, England
Other namesElla Windsor
EducationBrown University (BA, 2004)
Linacre College, Oxford (MPhil, 2012)
Occupation(s)Writer and contributing editor
Spouse Thomas Kingston ​ ​(m. 2019; died 2024)​
Parents

Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (née Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is a British writer and contributing editor. She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 56th in the line of succession to the British throne; at her birth she was 18th in line. As a great-grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary, she is a second cousin of King Charles III.

Early life and education

Lady Gabriella was born on 23 April 1981 at St Mary's Hospital, London. She has an elder brother, Frederick, born on 6 April 1979. She was baptised on 8 June 1981 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London. Lady Gabriella's godparents were Constantine II of Greece; Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz; Marina Ogilvy; Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro; and Lady Elizabeth Shakerley. She was educated at Godstowe School and Downe House School in Cold Ash, Berkshire. In May 2004, Gabriella graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with a BA degree in Comparative Literature and Hispanic studies. In 2012, she earned an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from Linacre College, Oxford.

Career

Lady Gabriella works as a writer and contributing editor. She contributes to The London Magazine amongst other publications.

She is a board director of the Playing for Change Foundation, a global music and arts education nonprofit. She worked with Latin American companies after living in the region, teaching English in Rio de Janeiro and producing music events in Buenos Aires. She undertook a research project with El Colegio del Cuerpo in Colombia. She also worked for the brand company Branding Latin America as an arts and travel director.

In 2020, as a singer-songwriter, she released two songs, "Out of Blue" and "Bam Bam", to raise money for a charity. She also sang "Put the Sea", "Half" and "This Morning".

In 2024, she helped the Princess of Wales plan the annual Together at Christmas carols concert at Westminster Abbey.

Personal life

For three years in the early 2000s, she dated journalist Aatish Taseer. The two met when she was an undergraduate at Brown University and he was a graduate of Amherst College working for Time magazine. In 2018, he wrote a controversial article about his relationship with Lady Gabriella and the royal family for Vanity Fair.

Lady Gabriella's engagement to Dean Close School alumnus and Bristol University graduate Thomas Henry Robin Kingston (22 June 1978 in Evesham – 25 February 2024 in Gloucestershire) was announced by Buckingham Palace on 19 September 2018. He was part of the diplomatic missions unit of the Foreign Office and between 2003 and 2006 was stationed in Baghdad, where he served as a project manager for the International Centre for Reconciliation. Upon his return to Britain, he pursued a career in financing, assuming different positions such as equity analyst for Schroders, managing director of Voltan Capital Management, and director of Devonport Capital. Thomas and Lady Gabriella became engaged on the Isle of Sark in August 2018. The wedding took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 18 May 2019 and was attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Buckingham Palace announced on 27 February 2024 that Thomas Kingston had died, aged 45.

References

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  18. Put the Sea. Ella Windsor. 14 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  19. Half. Ella Windsor. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  20. This Morning. Ella Windsor. 19 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  21. Rawnsley, Jessica (22 December 2024). "Kate planned carol service with Lady Gabriella Windsor". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  22. Taseer, Aatish (May 2018). "Race and the Royals: An Outsider's View Inside Kensington Palace". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  23. "Thomas Kingston obituary: 'exceptional' man at centre of royal tragedy". UK Times. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024. After attending Dean Close School in Cheltenham, Kingston studied economic history at Bristol University.
  24. Humphries, Will (3 December 2024). "Thomas Kingston inquest: wife's warning over antidepressants". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  25. Perry, Simon (19 September 2018). "There Will Be Another Royal Wedding Next Spring – Lady Gabriella Windsor Is Getting Married!". People. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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Lines of succession
Preceded byIsabella Windsor Line of succession to the British throne
granddaughter of George, Duke of Kent
great-granddaughter of George V 		Succeeded byPrincess Alexandra


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*Descendant of Elizabeth II and therefor a member of the house of Mountbatten-Windsor, yet officially considered members of the house of Windsor
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