Lady Gabriella speaks for the first time about her husband’s suicide

Lady Gabriella speaks for the first time about her husband’s suicide
Lady Gabriella speaks for the first time about her husband’s suicide

On February 25, the British royal family was struck by a terrible tragedy. Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabriella, the little cousin of King Charles III, is found dead at his parents’ home. The possibility of suicide is then immediately mentioned. The Briton suffered the side effects of antidepressants prescribed by a doctor at Buckingham Palace, according to the investigation. After nine months of silence, Gabriella spoke at Gloucestershire court on Tuesday, December 3, to put forward her version of the facts and warn of the risks of medications used to treat mental disorders.

Indeed, Thomas Kingston, stressed by his work, was having difficulty getting to sleep. A doctor at the Royal Mews, a medical practice located within the palace grounds and consulted by the staff of the royal household, prescribed him a prescription for antidepressants. If for Katy Skerrettthe senior coroner (the judicial police officer in Anglo-Saxon countries, editor’s note)the suicide of the son-in-law of Prince Michael of Kent is obvious, for Lady Gabriella, her husband never imagined ending his life. “The job was certainly a challenge for him over the years, but I highly doubt it led him to take his own life,” she said. “If something had troubled him, I’m sure he would have said he was in big trouble. » The coroner will subsequently admit the inconsistency of the suicide trail after the testimonies of the deceased’s relatives, ensuring that Thomas did not intend to kill himself.

Irreversible side effects

Gabriella Windsor later explained that she believed his death was “probably caused” by an adverse reaction to medications he had started and stopped taking a few weeks before his death. He was prescribed sertraline – an antidepressant – zopiclone and sleeping pills. Noticing any improvement in his condition, the 45-year-old Briton then took the liberty of requesting more effective treatment from a doctor at the Royal Mews. According to the investigation and the comments relayed by The Guardianthe latter would have advised him to take “citalopram, another selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used as an antidepressant. »

The possibility of suicide is then completely ruled out for Lady Gabriella, certain “that he had an adverse reaction to the pills which led him to end his life. » At the Gloucestershire court, she wanted to warn against the side effects of these treatments. “I think anyone taking pills like this needs to be better informed about their side effects to prevent further deaths. If this could happen to Tom, it could happen to anyone,” warned the sovereign’s cousin at the helm.

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