It has been more than two years since Lady Gabriella Windsor lost her husband Thomas Kingston, who took his own life. Now, the royal is moving on—or at least starting afresh somewhere new after vacating her London flat.
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter, known for her down-to-earth approach, carried boxes and furniture to a waiting van, apparently eschewing a team of movers. The 45-year-old was in good spirits as she was helped by her friend Lady Eloise Waymouth, daughter of the late society photographer Lord Patrick Lichfield.
The pair chatted and smiled as they carted away soft furnishings, an antique chair, and several packing boxes and bags. They shared a hilarious moment after being distracted by a passing Chesil Speedster 2 car, whose front-seat passenger was a dog in driving goggles—a sight that left them in fits of laughter.
The royal, known to family and friends as Ella, was not wearing her wedding ring for the move. Financier Mr. Kingston, 45, died in February 2024. He was found with self-inflicted gunshot wounds at his parents’ £3 million home in the Cotswolds.
The couple married at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in May 2019 in a ceremony attended by the Queen and Prince Philip. Lady Gabriella often remarked in interviews how ‘lucky’ she felt to have met ‘someone special’. She reportedly moved in with her parents at their Kensington Palace flat after his death.
An inquest heard Mr. Kingston, in charge of an investment firm struggling to meet an £8 million debt, had suffered adverse effects from a cocktail of antidepressants and sleeping pills he had been taking in the weeks before he died. Lady Gabriella, who wept at the hearing, said: ‘Anyone taking pills such as these needs to be made aware of the side effects to prevent future deaths. If this could happen to Tom, it could happen to anyone.’
Records show he did not leave a will and his entire estate, worth £660,000, passed to his wife.
