Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Kingston (''née'' Windsor; born 23 April 1981) is an English socialite and freelance writer. She is the daughter of

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and

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. She is 55th in the

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, at her birth she was 18th.

Early life and education

Lady Gabriella was born at St Mary's Hospital, London. She has an elder brother,

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, born on 6 April 1979. She was christened on 8 June 1981 at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London. She was educated at Godstowe and

Downe House School Downe House School is a selective independent girls' day and boarding school in Cold Ash, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, for girls aged 11–18. The ''Good Schools Guide'' described Downe House as an "Archetypal traditional girls' full ...

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, 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 Brown University in

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, with a BA degree in

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and

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. In 2012, she earned an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from

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Career

Lady Gabriella works as a freelance journalist. She contributes to ''

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'' 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

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and working on music events in

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. 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

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. The two met when she was an undergraduate at Brown University and he a graduate of Amherst College working for ''

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'' 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

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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

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in August 2018. The wedding took place at

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, on 18 May 2019 and was attended by

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and

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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