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Member of Royal Family dies aged simply 45 as Buckingham Palace points assertion

A member of the Royal Family has died on the age of 45, Buckingham Palace has confirmed in a press release.

Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabrielle Kingston, has died in line with a press release launched from the Royal Family. The British businessman married the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent in 2019.

A Palace spokesperson stated: “It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the death of Thomas Kingston, our beloved husband, son and brother. Tom was an exceptional man who lit up the lives of all who knew him.

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“His death has come as a great shock to the whole family and we ask you to respect our privacy as we mourn his passing.” Members of the Royal Family, together with King Charles III and Queen Camilla, have paid tribute.

Their assertion reads: “The King and The Queen have been informed of Thomas’s death and join Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and all those who knew him in grieving a much-loved member of the family.

“In explicit, Their Majesties ship their most heartfelt ideas and prayers to Gabriella and to all of the Kingston household.” Mr Kingston had been firm friends with Kate Middleton’s sister, Pippa Middleton.

He had previously denied any romantic link with the Princess of Wales’ sibling, after the pair were spotted together several times in 2013. An anonymous source said of the royal: “Tom’s nice achievement is that none of his outdated girlfriends have something however good issues to say about him.”

Pippa and Thomas had allegedly dated over 2011, though Thomas denied ever being “romantically linked”. Thomas graduated from the University of Bristol with a bachelor’s degree in economic history.

His engagement to Lady Gabriella Windsor, the 51st in line to the throne, was announced in September 2018. They married on May 18, 2019 at St George’s Chapel.

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