Lady Gabriella Kingston breaks silence on husband’s death and issues warning

Lady Gabriella Kingston has broken her silence after the death of her husband earlier this year.

Gabriella has spoken out for the first time since her husband’s shock suicide in February in a witness statement read at Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court on 3 December.

According to the Telegraph, the royal said: “It appears to me Tom’s impulsive action was likely provoked by an adverse reaction to the medication he had been taking in the last two weeks of his life.”

She said her husband had not expressed thoughts of suicide even though his work had been difficult. She even said life had appeared to have improved for Thomas.

“If anything had been troubling him, I’m positive that he would have shared that he was struggling severely. The fact that he took his life at the home of his beloved parents suggests the decision was the result of a sudden impulse,” the statement also said.

Gabriella was reportedly sobbing as the statement was read aloud in court.

She ended her witness statement with a warning on prescription anxiety and sleep medications: “I believe anyone taking pills such as these needs to be made more aware of the side effects to prevent any future deaths. If this could happen to Tom, this could happen to anyone.”

Thomas Kingston, 45, died on 25 February from a gunshot wound to the head at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds. He and Gabriella, the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, had been married since 2019.