Lady Gabriella has broken her silence over the death of her husband Thomas Kingston.
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The second cousin of King Charles III has issued a statement on the sudden death of her husband at age 45 last February.
Lady Gabriella, who married Thomas Kingston in 2019, accompanied the Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court inquest into his death and made a witness statement which was read aloud by someone else. It was reported that his death was due to a “self-inflicted traumatic head injury”.
“It seems to me that Tom’s impulsive act was probably caused by an adverse reaction to the medications he was taking during the last two weeks of his life,” she said. “(The job) has certainly been a challenge for him over the years, but I highly doubt it led him to end his life, and his condition seemed to have improved a lot. If something had troubled him, I am sure he would have told me of his serious difficulties. The fact that he ended his life in the home of his beloved parents suggests that the decision was the result of a sudden impulse.”
The court heard Thomas Kingston was prescribed Zopiclone to help him sleep and Sertraline to combat anxiety. It is believed he stopped taking sertraline because it made him “very anxious”, and his prescription was later changed to diazepam and citalopram. He also allegedly “doubled” his dose of sleeping pills.
His wife of 43 years ended her statement by saying: “In the absence of any evidence of inclination (to suicide), it seems very likely to me that he had an adverse reaction to the pills which led him to put end to his days. I think anyone taking pills of this type needs to be better informed about their side effects in order to prevent further deaths. If it could happen to Tom, it can happen to anyone.”
