Lady Gabriella Kingston
Born
Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor

(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981
St Mary's Hospital, London, England
Other namesElla Windsor[1][2]
EducationBrown University (BA, 2004)
Linacre College, Oxford (MPhil, 2012)
Occupation(s)Writer and contributing editor
Spouse
Thomas Kingston
​
(m. 2019)​
Parents
RelativesHouse of Windsor

Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (née Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is a British writer and contributing editor.[3] She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 56th in the line of succession to the British throne. At her birth she was 18th.

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 christened on 8 June 1981 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London.[4][5] Lady Gabriella's godparents were Constantine II of Greece; Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz; Marina Ogilvy; Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro; and Lady Elizabeth Shakerley.[5][6] She was educated at Godstowe[7] and Downe House School[1] in Cold Ash, Berkshire.[8] 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][9]

Career

Lady Gabriella works as a writer and contributing editor.[10] She contributes to The London Magazine amongst other publications.[11]

She is a board director of the Playing for Change Foundation, a global music and arts education nonprofit. She worked with Latin American companies after living in the region,[12] teaching English in Rio de Janeiro and producing music events in Buenos Aires.[13] She undertook a research project with El Colegio del Cuerpo in Colombia.[14]

In 2020, as a singer-songwriter, she released two songs; "Out of Blue"[15] and "Bam Bam"[16] to raise money for a charity. She also sang "Put the Sea",[17] "Half"[18] and "This Morning".[19]

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.[13] In 2018, he wrote a controversial article about his relationship with Lady Gabriella and the royal family for Vanity Fair.[13][20]

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.[11] Thomas's father is lawyer William Martin Kingston KC, and his mother, Jill Mary Kingston née Bache, is the granddaughter of Sir William Joseph Pearman-Smith of Park Hall.[21][22][23] Thomas and Lady Gabriella became engaged on the Isle of Sark in August 2018.[24] The wedding took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 18 May 2019[25] and was attended by Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[26] Lady Gabriella fainted at the Queen's lying-in-state ceremony at Westminster Hall on 14 September 2022.[27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ "The Colombian Issue: Spanish-language edition". The London Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Court and Social". The Times. London. 9 June 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Court Circular". The Times. London. 6 June 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Russell, Rachel (16 January 2023). "Greece's last king Constantine II buried in private funeral". BBC News. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Rivkin, Annabel (25 May 2007). "MY FAIR LADY". London: Evening Standard (UK). Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Hechinger, Paul. "10 Lesser-Known Members of the British Royal Family". BBC America. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Haque, Nadirah (5 October 2021). "Colombian Edition - Final Call for Submissions and Writer Announcement". The London Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  11. 1 2 Furness, Hannah (19 September 2018). "Royal wedding number 3 as Lady Gabriella Windsor announces engagement". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Windsor, Ella (3 January 2018). "A love affair with Latin America". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 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.
  14. ↑ Meg (31 December 2017). "Alvaro Restrepo The School of the Body". People are Culture. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  15. ↑ Out of Blue. Ella Windsor. 23 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  16. ↑ Bam Bam. Ella Windsor. 24 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ Put the Sea. Ella Windsor. 14 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ Half. Ella Windsor. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  19. ↑ This Morning. Ella Windsor. 19 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ Taseer, Aatish (May 2018). "Race and the Royals: An Outsider's View Inside Kensington Palace". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  21. ↑ 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)....
  22. ↑ "Martin Kingston Esq QC". The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Retrieved 7 November 2018. Full Title: Martin Kingston Esq QC
  23. ↑ 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...
  24. ↑ Perry, Simon (19 September 2018). "There Will Be Another Royal Wedding Next Spring – Lady Gabriella Windsor Is Getting Married!". People. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ "Royals at Lady Gabriella Windsor wedding". BBC News. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  27. ↑ Rachel Burchfield (17 September 2022). "One of the Queen's Favorite Relatives Fainted as Her Majesty's Coffin Arrived at Westminster Hall". Marie Claire Magazine. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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