The sudden death of Lady Gabriella Windsor’s husband, Thomas Kingston, has renewed interest in the editor and her parents, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
Kingston and Gabriella, 42, met five years ago and tied the knot at Windsor Castle in May 2019.
The investor was found dead on Sunday in Gloucestershire, England, aged 45. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
The lavish event was attended by the late Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Prince Philip, and other members of the royal family.
So what does Gabriela have to do with the company? It turns out she has some pretty big claims to the British throne.
of prince and princess michael of kent They are the Queen’s cousins.
When she was born in 1981, she was like this. 18th place to the throne, currently 56th place. Gabriella herself is a second cousin to King Charles, 75.
Prince Michael, 81, is the third son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V, younger brother of King Edward VIII and George VI, and father of Queen Elizabeth II.
Oddly enough, Michael is also the cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh, who was once exiled. His mother was Princess Marina of Greece, and Denmark’s paternal uncle was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Philip’s father.
Although Michael is not a working royal, he often represented the Queen at events in other countries during her reign. federal.
In the past, he has represented kings at state funerals in India, Cyprus, and Swaziland.
Despite retiring from public life in June 2022, Michael was a patron of over 100 charities and organizations.
He also had the privilege of attending two major royal events during his lifetime. He attended Prince Charles’ coronation on May 6 last year and was a page boy at Philip’s wedding to the Queen in 1947, aged five.
A former British military officer, he married Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Leibniz (also known as Princess Michael) in 1978.
Marie Christine, 79, is of German, Austrian, Czech and Hungarian ancestry, and her father was a member of the Nazi party during World War II.
The couple are also parents to a son, Lord Frederick Windsor, 44, who is married to actress Sophie Winkleman.
This interior designer has been embroiled in several controversies over the years.
In 2004, Marie-Christine was accused of bashing a black customer at a New York restaurant. She allegedly told them to “go back to the colonies”, but her representatives at the time denied this.
In 2014, she Interview by Conrad Black And she called the older generation of the Windsors “boring to most people.”
One of the big incidents was in December 2017 when she was accused of wearing a Blackamoor brooch depicting an African man to a Christmas party at Buckingham Palace.
Prince Harry’s biracial wife Meghan Markle also attended the event.
Princess Michael issued a statement through her representative saying she was “offended” and “deeply disappointed and regretful.”
In another example, Gabriella’s ex-boyfriend Aatish Taseer claimed in 2018 that Marie Christine had two black sheep he named after tennis pros Venus and Serena Williams.
