Warning: Details of death that could be distressing. As the royal family arrived in their finery at Royal Ascot in Berkshire yesterday, so did they rally around Lady Gabriella Windsor following her husband’s tragic death. Lady Gabriella Windsor was enveloped in a warm embrace by Zara Tindall as she arrived at Royal Ascot for her first official public appearance since the sudden death of her husband.
The 43-year-old joined the King and Queen in the traditional carriage procession as it swept on to the Berkshire course for the first day of the famous meeting. It comes less than four months after her husband, Thomas Kingston, 45, was found with a “catastrophic head injury” and a gun close to his body at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds. Lady Gabriella’s appearance at Ascot was particularly poignant as she attended last year’s event alongside Kingston.
Since his death on February 25, the royal family has rallied around his young widow, who is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and a second cousin of the King. On Saturday, Lady Gabriella joined the Trooping the Colour celebrations and was spotted watching the RAF flypast inside Buckingham Palace with her brother, Lord Freddie Windsor, and his wife Sophie. Buckingham Palace described Kingston, a financier, as a “much-loved member of the family.
” An inquest has been opened and adjourned. The King, 75, and Queen, 76, who are both fans of racing, were greeted by huge cheers as they arrived at Royal .
