A non-public household funeral for Thomas Kingston passed off on Tuesday morning following his shock dying on the age of 45, HELLO! understands.
The service passed off on the Chapel Royal at St James’s in London adopted by a reception in St James’s Palace, with the funeral procession departing from the chapel of Kensington Palace accompanied by shut household.
Members of the royal household had been among the many 140 folks in attendance to help Thomas’s widow, Woman Gabriella Kingston and Thomas’s household, together with the Prince of Wales, Woman Gabriella’s mother and father, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.
HELLO! understands the one hour service was led by the Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, the Revd Canon Paul Wright, with a sermon from the previous Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Richard Chartres. The funeral was adopted by a non-public cremation, with a bigger scale memorial service anticipated to be held in honour of Thomas in the end.
The King, 75, was not in attendance on the service as he’s at present receiving most cancers therapy. In the meantime, the Queen, 76, hosted a reception to have a good time Worldwide Ladies’s Day, the place she marked the tip of the WOW Women Pageant Bus tour.
Thomas was discovered lifeless at his mother and father’ house within the Cotswolds on 25 February. An inquest at Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court docket on 1 March discovered that the financier died from a “catastrophic head harm” and a gun was discovered close to his physique.
© Alexandra Diez de Rivera/ Buckingham PalaceThroughout the listening to, Katy Skerrett, senior coroner for Gloucestershire, outlined the circumstances of Thomas’ dying, saying: “Mr Kingston was visiting his mother and father’ house within the Cotswolds. On February 25 2024 he ate lunch along with his mother and father. His father went out to stroll the canines.
“On his return Mr Kingston was not in the home and after roughly half-hour his mom went to search for him. His father pressured entry on a locked-out constructing when no reply may very well be gained.
“He discovered Mr Kingston deceased with a catastrophic head harm. A gun was current on the scene. Emergency companies had been referred to as. Police are happy the dying isn’t suspicious.
“A autopsy has been undertaken by Dr Jones, a guide histopathologist, and a provisional explanation for dying has been given as a traumatic wound to the pinnacle.”
Woman Gabriella paid tribute to her husband in a joint assertion along with his household launched on 27 February, describing him as an “distinctive man who lit up the lives of all who knew him”. They described his dying as a “nice shock to the entire household”.
© Woman Gabriella Kingston/ Buckingham PalaceThe King and Queen despatched their “most heartfelt ideas and prayers” to Woman Gabriella, who is named Ella, and Thomas’ mother and father and siblings.
Woman Gabriella and Thomas tied the knot at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Fortress on 18 Could 2019. The couple had been final pictured collectively on Valentine’s Day as they joined Queen Camilla at a star-studded soiree to have a good time the work of William Shakespeare.
The Chapel Royal’s historical past
© AlamyThe Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace has been the placement of many royal occasions by means of historical past, together with christenings and weddings.
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi had initially been attributable to tie the knot contained in the intimate venue in 2020, however their nuptials had been postponed and so they opted for the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Windsor as a substitute in July 2020.
Whereas the newest royal weddings have been held in Windsor, The Chapel Royal has beforehand performed host to some prestigious nuptials, together with these of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on 10 February 1840.
The Prince and Princess of Wales’s sons, Prince George and Prince Louis, had been each christened on the Chapel Royal in 2013 and 2018 respectively.
Woman Gabriella herself was additionally baptised contained in the church in June 1981.
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