The funeral of Thomas Kingston has taken place today, March 12, at the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace in central London, with members of the Royal Family in attendance.
The date is especially poignant for his widow, Lady Gabriella Windsor, as it was exactly nine years ago today that they made their first public outing as a couple.
Back in 2015 the pair attended the Cheltenham Festival together, four years before they married on May 18 2019 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, one year after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot at the same venue.
Lady Gabriella is a member of the Royal Family but is not a working royal, as her father Prince Michael is a cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Mr Kingston worked in “frontier market investment”, having previously worked in diplomacy and as a hostage negotiator in Iraq. He was 45 when he died.
Mr Kingston was found dead at his parents’ home in Gloucestershire on February 25 in an outbuilding on the property, with an inquest confirming he died from a “traumatic head wound”.
Friends of the couple were shocked and saddened by the news, as they said the pair were “happily married until the end” and seemed “happy and positive” the last time they were seen in public.
Lady Gabriella and her husband were last seen on Valentine’s Day at the National Gallery in central London at an event celebrating the works of William Shakespeare.
