Lady Gabriella Kingston
Lady Gabriella Kingston | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor 23 April 1981 St Mary's Hospital, London, England |
| Spouse(s) |
Thomas Kingston (m. 2019) |
| Father | Prince Michael of Kent |
| Mother | Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz |
| Occupation | Freelance writer, arts and travel director |
Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (née Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is an English socialite and freelance writer. She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 55th 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. 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]
In 2020, as a singer-songwriter, she released 2 songs; "Out of Blue"[8] and "Bam Bam"[9] to raise money for a charity. She also sang "Put the Sea",[10] "Half"[11] and "This Morning".[12]
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][13]
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 lawyer Martin Kingston, and his mother, Jill Mary Kingston née Bache, is the granddaughter of Sir William Joseph Pearman-Smith of Park Hall.[14][15][16] Thomas and Lady Gabriella became engaged on the Isle of Sark in August 2018.[17] The wedding took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 18 May 2019.[18]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Marriage & Family". Prince Michael of Kent. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Teeman, Tim (22 March 2007). "The face: A royal reporter". The Times. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ Rivkin, Annabel (25 May 2007). "MY FAIR LADY". London: Evening Standard (UK). Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hechinger, Paul. "10 Lesser-Known Members of the British Royal Family". BBC America. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ a b Furness, Hannah (19 September 2018). "Royal wedding number 3 as Lady Gabriella Windsor announces engagement". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Out of Blue. Ella Windsor. 23 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Bam Bam. Ella Windsor. 24 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Put the Sea. Ella Windsor. 14 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Half. Ella Windsor. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ This Morning. Ella Windsor. 19 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Taseer, Aatish (May 2018). "Race and the Royals: An Outsider's View Inside Kensington Palace". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ 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)....
- ^ "Martin Kingston Esq QC". The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
Full Title: Martin Kingston Esq QC
- ^ 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...
- ^ Perry, Simon (19 September 2018). "There Will Be Another Royal Wedding Next Spring – Lady Gabriella Windsor Is Getting Married!". People. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ 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.