Thomas Kingston’s mother and father have revealed his remaining moments earlier than the royal member of the family died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the top final 12 months.
The husband of Woman Gabriella Windsor, the King’s second cousin, was discovered lifeless in Gloucestershire, England, in February 2024. He was 45.
Kingston’s heartbroken mother and father, Martin and Jill, have spoken out for the primary time since their son’s tragic demise, saying he was “normal, fun and laughing” simply hours earlier than he died.
Chatting with BBC Radio 4’s “Today,” Jill stated there was “nothing that raised any suspicions in our mind” throughout their lunch outing within the Cotswolds hours earlier than her son’s demise.
“He was normal, he was fun, we were laughing at various things,” she recalled.
Throughout their enjoyable weekend collectively, Kingston’s mother and father recalled “reading books, sitting around the fire” on a chilly February day.
After Jill and Thomas fell asleep, Martin headed out on a stroll.
Whereas Martin was out, Thomas awoke and went to seize a couple of issues from his automobile that he wished to retailer at his mother and father’ home.
Moments later, Jill awoke and observed that her son’s luggage have been packed however he was nowhere to be discovered. She then observed that their outbuilding was locked, prompting Martin to interrupt down the door.
“I would have difficulty explaining to you what it was like without crying,” Martin stated, including that they found their son with a gun beside his lifeless physique.
“It was a horrendous experience but we would love for something good to come out of it,” Jill stated, including that they want for his or her son to be remembered as “a joyful, giving, full-of-life and caring person.”
Elsewhere within the interview, the heartbroken mother and father revealed that Thomas had been prescribed a standard antidepressant after coping with stress at work.
Thomas’ mother and father revealed that the particular kind of antidepressant he had been prescribed had excessive unwanted effects.
They added that their son ought to have been requested to signal a doc acknowledging that suicide was one of many unwanted effects.
The pair added that whereas their son was well-cared for at his well being clinic, they felt that there have been “probably better ways” Thomas may have been helped.
The late financier and Woman Gabriella tied the knot in Might 2019.
Gabriella, 43, is the daughter of Prince Michael of Kent, the late Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin. Her Late Majesty attended Gabriella’s nuptials with her husband, Prince Phillip, earlier than the monarch’s demise in September 2022.
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