Lady Gabriella was left with just £660,000 from her husband, Thomas Kingston, who had no will when he took his own life two years ago, a report has claimed. Thomas Kingston died from a shotgun wound to the head after suffering an adverse effect from medication prescribed by his doctor, according to the coroner.


The husband of Lady Gabriella, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent's daughter, died from a catastrophic head injury on February 25, 2024. A gun was found near his body at his parents' home in the Cotswolds.


Now, a new report has claimed that the financier had not written a will and left his widow his entire estate and £660,000.



The Sun reported that Mr Kingston's letter of administration, which the outlet saw, shows he left £939,429, reduced to £664,429 after "costs, debts and taxes were deducted". The document was signed off by the High Court earlier this week.


The 45-year-old financier married Lady Gabriella at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in 2019, with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, among the guests.


He was the director of Devonport Capital, an investment firm that owed £8million it could not repay.


Mr Kingston reportedly put £1.6million of his own money into the firm to save it.


Records from earlier this month showed his firm was trying to fill an £8million black hole when he died, according to the outlet.


The report claimed it "had racked up £27.9million in debt with assets worth £19.8million". Devonport Capital is now in liquidation.



In her statement read out at the Gloucester inquest looking into his death in December 2024, Lady Gabriella said: "(Work) was certainly a challenge for him over the years but I highly doubt it would have led him to take his own life, and it seemed much improved.


"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."


She said she believed his death was "likely provoked" by an adverse reaction to the medication he had begun and subsequently stopped taking in the weeks leading up to his death.


He had initially been given Sertraline - an anti-depressant - and Zopiclone, a sleeping tablet, by a GP at the Royal Mews Surgery - a practice used by royal household staff - after complaining of trouble sleeping following stress at work.


But he complained this was not making him feel better, and his doctor moved him off Sertraline to Citalopram, another selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used as an antidepressant.


Lady Gabriella added: "The lack of any evidence of inclination, it seems highly likely to me that he had an adverse reaction to the pills that led him to take his life.


"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."


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