© Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesLady Gabriella Windsor paid tribute to Thomas Kingston, calling him 'an exceptional man who lit up the lives of all who knew him'
Inquest hears 45-year-old was found dead with a gun by his side at his parents' home in a Cotswolds village on Sunday, February 25, 2024Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, was found dead at his parents' home with a "catastrophic head injury" and a gun close to his body, a coroner has said.
Kingston, 45, died at the property in a Cotswold village
on Sunday.
Katy Skerrett, the senior coroner for Gloucestershire, said the financier, who was the son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, had lunch with his parents before his body was found in an outbuilding.
She said a post-mortem had been undertaken and that a provisional cause of death had been given as a "traumatic wound to head".
As she opened an inquest into Kingston's death, Ms Skerrett said she had been given evidence of the brief circumstances surrounding "this tragic incident".
Comment: Considering the current crop of royals, it's sad to lose what appeared to be one of the good ones. Condolences to the family.