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Thomas Kingston, the husband of Prince Michael of Kent’s daughter Lady Gabriella Windsor and the ex-boyfriend of Pippa Middleton, died from a “traumatic head wound” and a gun was found close to his body, an inquest was told Friday.
The 45-year-old financier, whose shocking death was announced by Buckingham Palace, was found dead Sunday at an outbuilding at his parents’ country mansion in the scenic Cotswolds region of southwest England, the hearing at Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court heard. British authorities had previously said that police and paramedics were called to the scene just before 6:30 p.m. and said his death was not being treated as suspicious.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla sent their “most heartfelt thoughts and prayers” to Kingston’s loved ones in the wake of his death. Lady Gabriella, in a joint statement with his family, said Kingston was an “exceptional man who lit up the lives of all who knew him” and said his passing had come as “great shock to the whole family.”