Thomas Kingston received a royal snub today at a funeral attended by Prince William and other members of the royal family.
The body of the financier, who was found dead last month aged 45, was carried in a procession that began at Kensington Palace, the family home of his widow, Lady Gabriella Windsor.
The procession ended at the Ambassador’s Court at St James’s Palace. A private family funeral was then held in the Chapel Royal, where many royal weddings have taken place, including Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840.
More recently, Prince George, the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, was christened there in 2013. And while William was in attendance, Kate remained at home and continued to recover from stomach surgery she underwent in January.
Lady Gabriella was joined at the funeral by her parents, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, her brother, Lord Frederick Windsor and his wife, the actress Sophie Winkleman.
The Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra were also present in the congregation of 140 people.
Thomas Kingston received a royal snub today at a funeral attended by Prince William and other members of the royal family. Above: Mr. Kingston with his wife, Lady Gabriella Windsor
The body of the financier, who was found dead last month aged 45, was carried in a funeral procession that began at Kensington Palace, the family home of his widow, Lady Gabriella Windsor. Above: The pair are pictured here at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in July 2019
Prince William was among the mourners at Mr. Kingston’s funeral. Top: At Sir Bobby Charlton’s funeral last year
The King – Lady Gabriella’s second cousin – and the Queen were not present.
Charles is not attending public events while undergoing treatment for cancer, and the Queen hosted a WOW (Women of the World) reception at Buckingham Palace.
The body of Mr Kingston was later cremated.
Kingston and Lady Gabriella, known as Ella, were married at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in a ceremony attended by Prince Michael’s first cousin, Queen Elizabeth, and Prince Philip in 2019.
They lived in London but he had been visiting his parents at their home in the Cotswolds when he died.
A coroner was told: ‘His father went out to walk the dogs. When he returned, Mr. Kingston not in the house. After about 30 minutes his mother went to look for him.’
Katy Skerrett, chief coroner for Gloucestershire, added: ‘His father forced his way into a locked outbuilding. Mr. Kingston was found inside with a catastrophic head injury. A gun was present at the scene. The police are convinced that the death is not suspicious.’
The coroner said an autopsy had been performed and a preliminary cause of death had been determined as a traumatic head injury. She formally opened the inquest into the death and adjourned it.
Lady Gabriella’s parents, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, attended his funeral today
Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, took his own life last month
Mr. Kingston then raced alongside Queen Camilla from the Royal Box at Ascot last June
Lady Gabriella Kingston and Thomas Kingston at Nicky Haslam’s birthday party at The Polish Hearth Club, London, in November 2019
Kingston, pictured here on the day of his wedding to Lady Gabriella Windsor, led a remarkable life
Lady Gabriella and Thomas Kingston had official photos taken on their wedding day – here with the late Queen and Prince Philip sitting to their right
The death of Lady Gabriella Windsor’s husband Thomas Kingston (pictured together in 2019) was announced by Buckingham Palace
Announcing his death last month, Buckingham Palace described Kingston, a financier, as a ‘much-loved member of the family’ who was mourned by King Charles and Queen Camilla. A friend of the couple said: ‘They remained childless but were happily married until the end.’
After studying economic history at the University of Bristol, Kingston joined the Foreign Office’s diplomatic mission unit in Iraq, where he worked as a project officer for the Iraqi Institute of Peace from 2003 to 2006.
Last month, Lady Gabriella paid tribute to her husband in a joint statement with her family, describing him as an ‘exceptional man who lit up everyone who knew him’ – and called his death a ‘great shock to the whole family’.
She released a personal photo she took of her husband, showing him smiling and dressed in a casual pink shirt as he stood near a piece of water in the sunshine.
The couple married at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in 2019 with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the late Duke of Edinburgh, among the guests.
Lady Gabriella Windsor and Tom Kingston attended the Jerudong Trophy polo match at Cirencester Park Polo Club in June 2016
Kingston pictured with Lady Gabriella Windsor at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022
Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston are pictured at Royal Ascot last June
The couple are seen here at the Jungle Part at Annabel’s in London in September 2018
Their wedding was in Windsor on May 18, 2019
Thomas Kingston was close friends with Pippa Middleton, the Princess of Wales’s sister. They are pictured here at the Cheltenham Festival in 2013
Lady Gabriella is the King’s second cousin. They are both great-grandchildren of King George V.
Kingston was a director of Devonport Capital, which specializes in providing finance to businesses in “frontier economies”.
He was a close friend of Pippa Matthews – the Princess of Wales’ sister – and the pair reportedly dated in 2011.
Lady Gabriella, who has worked as an art and travel director for a brand company, is a writer and contributing editor.
She is also a singer-songwriter and released two bossa nova-inspired tracks in 2020 to raise money for charity.
Lady Gabrielle and her husband were last pictured together in public on Valentine’s Day at an event to celebrate the works of William Shakespeare.
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