Lady Gabriella Kingston


Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston is an English freelance writer and a member of the extended British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 52nd in line to the succession of the British throne.

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 educated at Queen's Gate School in London and Downe House School in Cold Ash, Berkshire. In May 2004, Gabriella graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with a BA degree in Comparative Literature and Hispanic studies. In 2012, she earned an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from Linacre College, Oxford.

Career

Lady Gabriella works as a freelance journalist. She contributes to The London Magazine amongst other publications.
She is a Board Director of the Playing for Change Foundation, a global music and arts education nonprofit, and for Toucan Ventures, which supports the growth of creative entrepreneurs. Additionally, she has done projects in Latin America, including teaching English in Rio de Janeiro and working on music events in Buenos Aires.

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. In 2018, he wrote a controversial article about his relationship with Lady Gabriella and the royal family for Vanity Fair.
Lady Gabriella's engagement to Bristol University graduate and financier Thomas Henry Robin Kingston was announced by Buckingham Palace in September 2018. Thomas's father is Martin Kingston, QC and his mother, Jill Mary Kingston née Bache, is the granddaughter of Sir William Joseph Pearman-Smith of Park Hall. Thomas and Lady Gabriella became engaged on the Isle of Sark in August 2018. The wedding took place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 18 May 2019. She wore a tiara that was worn by both her mother and paternal grandmother on their wedding days.