Lady Gabriella Kingston

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Lady Gabriella Kingston
Born
Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor

(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 40)
St Mary's Hospital, London, England
Other namesElla Windsor[1][2]
EducationBrown University (BA, 2004)
Linacre College, Oxford (MPhil, 2012)
OccupationFreelance writer, arts and travel director
Spouse(s)
Thomas Kingston
​
(m. 2019)​
Parents
RelativesHouse of Windsor

Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (née Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is an English freelance writer and a member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 55th in the line of succession to the British throne.

Early life and education[]

Lady Gabriella was born at St Mary's Hospital, London. She has an elder brother, Frederick, born on 6 April 1979. She was educated at Godstowe[3] and Downe House School[1] in Cold Ash, Berkshire.[4] In May 2004, Gabriella graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with a BA degree in Comparative Literature and Hispanic studies.[1] In 2012, she earned an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from Linacre College, Oxford.[1][5]

Career[]

Lady Gabriella works as a freelance journalist.[1] She contributes to The London Magazine amongst other publications.[6]

She is a Board Director of the Playing for Change Foundation, a global music and arts education nonprofit. Additionally, she has done projects in Latin America, including teaching English in Rio de Janeiro and working on music events in Buenos Aires.[7]

Personal life[]

For three years in the early 2000s she dated journalist Aatish Taseer. The two met when she was an undergraduate at Brown University and he a graduate of Amherst College working for Time magazine.[7] In 2018, he wrote a controversial article about his relationship with Lady Gabriella and the royal family for Vanity Fair.[7][8]

Lady Gabriella's engagement to Bristol University graduate and financier Thomas Henry Robin Kingston (b. 22 June 1978) was announced by Buckingham Palace on 19 September 2018.[6] Thomas's father is Martin Kingston, QC and his mother, Jill Mary Kingston née Bache, is the granddaughter of Sir William Joseph Pearman-Smith of Park Hall.[9][10][11] Thomas and Lady Gabriella became engaged on the Isle of Sark in August 2018.[12] The wedding took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 18 May 2019.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Marriage & Family". Prince Michael of Kent. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Teeman, Tim (22 March 2007). "The face: A royal reporter". The Times. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  3. ^ Rivkin, Annabel (25 May 2007). "MY FAIR LADY". London: Evening Standard (UK). Retrieved 4 December 2020.[dead link]
  4. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page cxli.
  5. ^ Hechinger, Paul. "10 Lesser-Known Members of the British Royal Family". BBC America. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Furness, Hannah (19 September 2018). "Royal wedding number 3 as Lady Gabriella Windsor announces engagement". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Friedman, Megan (19 September 2018). "Lady Gabriella Windsor, the Latest Royal to Get Engaged, Has a Pretty Controversial Family". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  8. ^ Taseer, Aatish (May 2018). "Race and the Royals: An Outsider's View Inside Kensington Palace". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  9. ^ Who Was Who: 1897-2000. St Martin's Press 2002. 2002. p. 761. ISBN 9780713661255. Retrieved 2 June 2019. Sir William Joseph P.; see Pearman-Smith of Park Hall....(dau) Jesse Bache née Pearman-Smith (d.1989)...(dau) Jill Mary Bache (b.1950)....
  10. ^ "Martin Kingston Esq QC". The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Retrieved 7 November 2018. Full Title: Martin Kingston Esq QC
  11. ^ Seward, Ingrid (November 2018). "Editor-in-Chief's Letter". Majesty. Vol. 39 no. 11. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018. Forty-year-old Tom, whose father is a Queen's Counsel...
  12. ^ Perry, Simon (19 September 2018). "There Will Be Another Royal Wedding Next Spring – Lady Gabriella Windsor Is Getting Married!". People. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  13. ^ Friedman, Megan (21 December 2018). "Lady Gabriella Windsor, the Latest Royal to Get Engaged, Has a Pretty Controversial Family". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Isabella Windsor 		Line of succession to the British throne
granddaughter of George, son of George V 		Succeeded by
Princess Alexandra
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