Thomas Kingston: A financier who married into the royal family
Thomas Kingston was a financier who married into the royal family after a summer proposal on the island of Sark almost six years ago.
He was the husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston, and he was found dead at an address in Gloucestershire on Sunday evening.
The 45-year-old, known as Tom, was a close friend of Pippa Middleton, the Princess of Wales’ sister, with the pair seen out and about together on numerous occasions.
He attended her wedding to James Matthews in May 2017, accompanied by Lady Gabriella, known as Ella.
Lady Gabriella and Mr Kingston had been dating for a number of years when he proposed while they were on the island of Sark in August 2018.
The pair were married in May 2019 in a noon ceremony at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Their wedding at the 15th-century venue came less than a year after the star-studded nuptials of Duke and Duchess of Sussex in May 2018 and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in October the same year.
In attendance were the late Queen and late Duke of Edinburgh, with Harry leaving wife Meghan and then newborn son Archie at home to attend the ceremony.
