Thomas Kingston inquest to examine if state of mind was affected by medication

The inquest into the decease of Thomas Kingston, the hubby of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s girl Lady Gabriella Kingston, volition look astatine whether his “state of caput was affected by medication”.

Mr Kingston died from a catastrophic caput wounded and a weapon was recovered adjacent his assemblage connected February 25 astatine his parents’ location successful the Cotswolds.

The 45-year-old financier joined Lady Gabriella astatine St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, successful 2019 with Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, among the guests.

During a pre-inquest reappraisal proceeding astatine Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court connected Tuesday, Martin Porter KC said the Kingston household had been “advised that determination could beryllium a connection” betwixt medicine helium had taken and his authorities of caput earlier his death.

Mr Porter told the court: “The enquiry shouldn’t beryllium constricted to the precise last origin of death, which is wide and obvious.”

He went connected to accidental the inquest should see “Mr Kingston’s authorities of caput and whether that authorities of caput was affected by medicine helium had taken”.

Mr Porter added: “In enactment of my submissions, the household person been advised that determination could beryllium a connection… for your tribunal to investigate.”

I bash caveat powerfully that whether a causative nexus volition beryllium established is simply a precise antithetic matter

Katy Skerrett, elder coroner

The family’s lawyer told the tribunal the imaginable nexus betwixt medicine and his authorities of caput “therefore justifies investigation”.

Katy Skerrett, elder coroner for Gloucestershire, said the “recent prescription… should beryllium portion of the scope”, adding: “I hold with Mr Porter, nevertheless I bash caveat powerfully that whether a causative nexus volition beryllium established is simply a precise antithetic matter.”

Mr Kingston’s parents attended the proceeding and the tribunal heard his begetter Martin Kingston volition springiness grounds to the inquest connected behalf of the family. Lady Gabriella did not be Tuesday’s hearing.

Mr Porter said Mr Kingston’s decease was “unexpected” and “impulsive”, adding: “There was nary pre-planning – connected the contrary determination was readying for the future.”

Lady Gabriella paid tribute to her hubby successful a associated connection with his household pursuing his death, describing him arsenic an “exceptional antheral who lit up the lives of each who knew him”.

They described his decease arsenic a “great daze to the full family”.

The King and Queen sent their “most heartfelt thoughts and prayers” to Lady Gabriella, who is known arsenic Ella, and Mr Kingston’s parents and siblings.

Lady Gabriella is the King’s 2nd cousin. They are some great-grandchildren of King George V.

Mr Kingston was a manager of Devonport Capital, which specialises successful providing concern for companies successful “frontier economies”.

The Bristol University postgraduate had besides worked successful Baghdad, Iraq, to procure the merchandise of hostages aft joining the Diplomatic Missions Unit of the Foreign Office.

He was a adjacent person of Pippa Matthews – the Princess of Wales’s sister – and the brace were said to person dated successful 2011.

Lady Gabriella, who has worked arsenic an arts and question manager for a marque company, is simply a writer and contributing editor.

She is besides a singer-songwriter and released 2 bossa nova-inspired tracks successful 2020 to rise wealth for charity.

The coroner indicated she wants Mr Kingston’s inquest to instrumentality spot earlier the extremity of the year, saying: “I americium conscious of the household having immoderate closure earlier the extremity of the year.”

No day was officially fixed for the inquest, but each parties person been asked for availability for aboriginal December.