Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (''née'' Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is an English

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and freelance writer. She is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 55th in the line of succession to the British throne, at her birth she was 18th.

Early life and education

Lady Gabriella was born at

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. She has an elder brother, Frederick, born on 6 April 1979. She was christened on 8 June 1981 at the

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, London. She was educated at Godstowe and Downe House School in Cold Ash, Berkshire.Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page cxli. In May 2004, Gabriella graduated from

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in Providence, Rhode Island, with a BA degree in Comparative Literature and Hispanic studies. In 2012, she earned an

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degree in

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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

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, a global music and arts education nonprofit. Additionally, she has done projects in Latin America, including teaching English in Rio de Janeiro and working on music events in Buenos Aires. In 2020, as a singer-songwriter, she released 2 songs; "Out of Blue" and "Bam Bam" to raise money for a charity. She also sang "Put the Sea", "Half" and "This Morning".

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

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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

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graduate and financier Thomas Henry Robin Kingston (b. 22 June 1978) was announced by

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on 19 September 2018. Thomas's father is lawyer Martin Kingston, and his mother, Jill Mary Kingston ''

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'' Bache, is the granddaughter of Sir William Joseph Pearman-Smith of

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. 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 and was attended by Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingston, Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia 1981 births Living people Alumni of Linacre College, Oxford Brown University alumni English journalists English women writers Gabriella Kingston People educated at Downe House School People from Paddington Writers from London