Princess Michael of Kent is opening up for the primary time concerning the sudden demise of her son-in-law, Thomas Kingston, who died in February at age 45.
On Dec. 17, Princess Michael, 79, broke her silence surrounding the demise of her son-in-law in a brand new interview with Majesty Magazine. Princess Michael’s household navigated tragedy when her daughter Woman Gabriella Windsor’s husband Kingston died earlier this yr. A spokesperson for the coroner’s workplace beforehand instructed PEOPLE that his explanation for demise was “traumatic wound to the pinnacle,” and a gun was discovered close to his physique.
“Tom was a beautiful man, so type and considerate. They have been very joyful collectively,” Princess Michael instructed Majesty Journal, Tatler reported.
“We regularly had them right here with Freddie and Sophie and the women for Sunday lunch,” she continued, referencing her son, Lord Frederick Windsor, his spouse Sophie Winkleman and their two younger daughters.
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Princess Michael (born Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnit) is married to Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, and the royal couple are dad and mom to Woman Gabriella, 43, and Lord Frederick, 45. The household expanded when Woman Gabriella married Kingston, a financier, former hostage negotiator and onetime boyfriend of Kate Middleton’s sister Pippa Middleton, in Might 2019, and Princess Michael mentioned his sudden demise was a shock.
“We by no means had an inkling something was improper,” she instructed Majesty Journal, in accordance with Tatler. The outlet mentioned that the household has rallied to be there for Gabriella by way of the grief, which has been difficult for the entire household, with Princess Michael calling Frederick and Sophie an particularly robust assist.
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On Feb. 27, Kingston’s demise was introduced in a press release attributed to Woman Gabriella and several other of his members of the family.
“It’s with the deepest sorrow that we announce the demise of Thomas Kingston, our beloved husband, son and brother. Tom was an distinctive man who lit up the lives of all who knew him. His demise has come as an excellent shock to the entire household, and we ask you to respect our privateness as we mourn his passing,” the assertion mentioned.
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A palace spokesperson confirmed that King Charles and Queen Camilla have been knowledgeable of Kingston’s demise, and it emerged that he died on Feb. 25 at his dad and mom’ residence within the Cotswolds.
No suspicious circumstances or different events have been thought to have been concerned, and a spokesperson for the coroner’s official later instructed PEOPLE his explanation for demise was “traumatic wound to the pinnacle.”
Katy Skerrett, the senior coroner for Gloucestershire, mentioned Kingston had lunch along with his dad and mom at their residence that Sunday earlier than his father took their canines on a stroll, The Telegraph reported. His physique was later present in an outbuilding with a gun close by.
Prince William attended Kingston’s personal funeral in March, and the Daily Mail reported in April that Woman Gabriella moved again in along with her dad and mom at Kensington Palace.
On Dec. 3, Gabriella made an emotional look throughout an inquest at Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court docket, additional illuminating the circumstances surrounding her husband’s demise. There, Gabriella alleged that her husband’s “impulsive” demise was an “adversarial response” to medicine he was taking for insomnia and anxiousness.
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“It seems to me Tom’s impulsive motion was doubtless provoked by an adversarial response to the medicine he had been taking within the final two weeks of his life,” Woman Gabriella mentioned in a witness assertion learn in courtroom, The Telegraph reported.
Gabriella, who sobbed throughout a few of the listening to, described her marriage as considered one of deep love and belief, emphasizing that her husband had by no means expressed any suicidal ideas to her or to others, in accordance with Hello!.
“[Work] was actually a problem for him over time, however I extremely doubt it might have led him to take his personal life, and it appeared a lot improved,” her witness assertion continued, the outlet mentioned. “If something had been troubling him, I am constructive that he would have shared that he was struggling severely. The truth that he took his life on the residence of his beloved dad and mom suggests the choice was the results of a sudden impulse.”
She added that with “the dearth of any proof of inclination it appears extremely prone to me that he had an adversarial response to the tablets that led him to take his life. I imagine anybody taking tablets equivalent to these have to be made extra conscious of the negative effects to forestall any future deaths. If this might occur to Tom, this might occur to anybody.”
Woman Gabriella alleged that her husband had been affected by the the suicide of a buddy and the “devastating affect it had on different individuals’s family members.”
The inquest into Kingston’s demise is ongoing.
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Although Gabriella and her brother Frederick usually are not full-time working royals, they usually attend the royal household’s social and ceremonial occasions alongside their dad and mom. On Dec. 6, Woman Gabriella attended Princess Kate’s Collectively at Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey, and walked in alongside Princess Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton, seemingly in a present of assist.
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On Dec. 19, Prince and Princess Michael have been seen heading to King Charles’ personal household lunch at Buckingham Palace earlier than Christmas, which each of their youngsters reportedly attended.
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