28 February 2024 , 20:05
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Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, died at his parents' £3million mansion in Gloucestershire with police saying there were "no suspicious circumstances".
The Royal Family has been left in shock at news of the death of the 45-year-old husband of the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston.
The King and Queen sent their “most heartfelt thoughts and prayers” to Lady Gabriella, who is known as Ella, and Mr Kingston’s parents and siblings. Lady Gabriella is Charles’s second cousin and they are both great-grandchildren of King George V.
Buckingham Palace announced the bombshell news on Tuesday evening (February 27) , and confirmed that Mr Kingston was found deceased at an address in Gloucestershire on Sunday evening. Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 6pm.
The former hostage negotiator and financier's parents Martin and Jill Kingston had lived at the mansion since 1996. A spokesman for Gloucester Ambulance Service said they had attended a private residence in the Cirencester area. He stated: "Gloucester Police have confirmed an ambulance from Gloucester Ambulance Service attended a private residence."
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Newlyweds Thomas Kingston and Lady Gabriella Windsor (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)While Gloucestershire Constabulary has said it was called by the ambulance service about the death of Mr Kingston. The force said: “We were called by the ambulance service at 6.25pm on Sunday with a report of the death of a 45-year-old man at an address in the Cotswolds. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”
An inquest will be held to establish the cause of death but at this point it has been confirmed that there are no suspicious circumstances and no other parties involved.
A statement on behalf of Lady Gabriella Kingston, Mr Martin and Mrs Jill Kingston, Mrs Joanna Connolly and Mrs Emma Murray said: “It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the death of Thomas Kingston, our beloved husband, son and brother.
“Tom was an exceptional man who lit up the lives of all who knew him. His death has come as a great shock to the whole family and we ask you to respect our privacy as we mourn his passing.”
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “The King and the Queen have been informed of Thomas’s death and join Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and all those who knew him in grieving a much-loved member of the family. In particular, Their Majesties send their most heartfelt thoughts and prayers to Gabriella and to all the Kingston family.”
Mr Kingston was also a director of Devonport Capital, which specialises in providing finance for companies in “frontier economies”. The Bristol University graduate had also worked in Baghdad, Iraq, working to procure the release of hostages after joining the Diplomatic Missions Unit of the Foreign Office.
He was a close friend of Pippa Matthews – the Princess of Wales’s sister – and the pair were said to have dated in 2011. Although Lady Gabriella is not a working member of the Royal Family, she and Mr Kingston’s family are being supported by the Royal Household through this difficult time.
Martin Kingston KC is a planning law barrister while his wife is a trustee of the Nadezhda Charitable Trust. The National Heritage Register states that the Kingston family home dates back to the 17th Century and was built for Henry Poole.