Lady Gabriella arriving at Westminster Abbey (Image: Ian Vogler)
was one of the members of the wider Royal Family stepping out to support Princess Kate’s carol concert on Friday evening, .
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter was seen with the Princess of Wales’s sister, Pippa Middleton, just before the service started.
Thomas Kingston died from a shotgun wound to the head after suffering an adverse effect to medication prescribed by his doctor, a coroner has found, after an inquest into his death took place in Gloucester this week. He was found dead back in February at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds.
The 43-year-old spoke out at Gloucestershire Coroner’s Court about how people should be warned about the effects of medications used to treat mental health conditions or else more people could die.
Katy Skerrett, senior coroner for Gloucestershire, read out a statement by Lady Gabriella, which said: “(Work) was certainly a challenge for him over the years but I highly doubt it would have led him to take his own life, and it seemed much improved.
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Lady Gabriella Windsor with Pippa Middleton (Image: Ian Vogler)
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“If anything had been troubling him, I’m positive that he would have shared that he was struggling severely.
“The fact that he took his life at the home of his beloved parents suggests the decision was the result of a sudden impulse.”
She said she believed his death was “likely provoked” by an adverse reaction to the medication he had begun and subsequently stopped taking in the weeks leading up to his death.
The 45-year-old financier had initially been given Sertraline – an anti-depressant – and Zopiclone, a sleeping tablet, by a GP at the Royal Mews Surgery – a practice used by royal household staff – after complaining of trouble sleeping following stress at work.
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But he complained this was not making him feel better, and his doctor moved him off Sertraline to Citalopram, another selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) used as an anti-depressant.
Lady Gabriella added: “The lack of any evidence of inclination, it seems highly likely to me that he had an adverse reaction to the pills that led him to take his life.
“I believe anyone taking pills such as these need to be made more aware of the side effects to prevent any future deaths. If this could happen to Tom, this could happen to anyone.”