Thomas Kingston's final moments and bright plans for future before tragedy

Thomas Kingston, the precocious hubby of Lady Gabriella Windsor, was recovered dormant astatine his parents' Cotswolds mansion soon aft having luncheon with his parent and father. Now his household person spoken for the archetypal clip since the tragedy

The devatated household of Thomas Kingston, the hubby of Lady Gabriella Windsor, person shared an important informing warning aft helium took his ain life.

The financier was conscionable 45 erstwhile helium died past February, 5 years aft helium joined the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent's girl astatine St George's Chapel. An inquest into Thomas's decease astatine Gloucestershire Coroner's Court was told helium had initially been fixed sertraline, a cause utilized to dainty depression, and zopiclone, a sleeping tablet, by a GP astatine the Royal Mews Surgery, a signifier astatine Buckingham Palace utilized by royal household staff, aft complaining of occupation sleeping pursuing accent astatine work.

Once a hostage negotiator, Thomas aboriginal returned to the country saying the medicine was not making him consciousness better. His doc moved him from sertraline to citalopram but successful the days starring up to his decease helium stopped taking the medication. On February 25, Thomas died from a catastrophic caput wounded astatine his parents' location successful the Cotswolds. A weapon was recovered adjacent his body.

In an interrogation with BBC Radio 4's Today programme this week, Thomas's parent Jill Kingston told however her lad had visited his parents for lunch, wherever they spent clip reading, relaxing and sitting by the fire. "He was fun," she said. "We were laughing astir assorted things."

After taking their dogs for a walk, Thomas's begetter Martin Kingston returned to the location to find him missing, joining Jill successful trying to find him. "There was a country adjacent wherever helium would person enactment each his worldly truthful we knew he'd gone up there, truthful that's wherever I went to look for him," said Jill. "When I went up it was each quiescent and helium evidently wasn't up determination truthful I went backmost to the location and checked his country and each his bags were each acceptable for going backmost to London, truthful I went backmost up and that's erstwhile I noticed the locked door."

Holding backmost tears successful the vigor interview, Martin added: "I would similar him to beryllium remembered arsenic idiosyncratic with a large grin connected his face, portion helping radical to bash hard things". He called for a alteration successful the mode anti-depressants are prescribed, believing some the diligent and the radical adjacent to them should beryllium told much explicitly astir the imaginable broadside effects of the medication, including what tin hap if they halt taking it and being asked to motion a papers to that effect. We'd truly similar to spot that a person, a spouse, a partner, a parent, a adjacent friend, somebody, was going to locomotion with them done it. Maybe they should beryllium astatine that signing time."

Police concluded Thomas's decease was not treated arsenic suspicious. A post-mortem was carried retired aft his death, with a provisional origin of decease fixed arsenic a traumatic coiled to the head. At a erstwhile hearing, Martin described the financier's decease arsenic "unexpected" and "impulsive", with grounds of his lad "planning for the future".

A associated connection released by Lady Gabriella and his household read: "It is with the deepest sorrow that we denote the decease of Thomas Kingston, our beloved husband, lad and brother. Tom was an exceptional antheral who lit up the lives of each who knew him. His decease has travel arsenic a large daze to the full household and we inquire you to respect our privateness arsenic we mourn his passing."

Royal sources person said Thomas was well-liked wrong royal circles and had known galore of the younger royals for years. Prince William was reported to person been "shocked and devastated" astatine the news. King Charles and Queen Camilla sent their "most heartfelt thoughts and prayers" to Gabriella and the Kingston family.

On March 2 past year, a backstage ceremonial was held astatine the Chapel Royal, followed by a reception astatine St James's Palace. The congregation of 140 radical included adjacent household and friends of Lady Gabriella and the Kingstons, among them William, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.