Thomas Kingston, who has died aged 45, distinguished himself as a hostage negotiator in Iraq and as a financier before his marriage in 2019 to Lady Gabriella Windsor, only daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent... He died from a “traumatic head wound” and a gun was found near his body, an inquest has heard.

Kingston, who married King Charles III's second cousin in 2019, was found dead in an outbuilding at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds, the inquest was told as it opened at Gloucestershire coroner’s court on Friday.

“I have received evidence of the brief circumstances surrounding this tragic incident also in written format, which complies with rule 23 of the Coroners Rules 2013,” the senior coroner Katy Skerrett said.

“These brief circumstances are as follows: Mr Kingston was visiting his parents’ home in the Cotswolds. On 25 February 2024 he ate lunch with his parents. His father went out to walk the dogs. On his return, Mr Kingston was not in the house, and after approximately 30 minutes his mother went to look for him. His father forced entry on a locked outbuilding when no reply could be gained.

“He found Mr Kingston deceased with a catastrophic head injury. A gun was present at the scene. Emergency services were called. Police are satisfied the death is not suspicious. A postmortem has been undertaken by Dr Jones, a consultant histopathologist, and a provisional cause of death has been given as a traumatic wound to head.”

The coroner said she was satisfied with identification, initial cause of death and the brief circumstances surrounding Kingston’s death, and adjourned proceedings to a date yet to be fixed.

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