Royal Family: The Queen’s cousin you’ve probably never heard of whose husband used to date Pippa Middleton

Published date14 August 2022
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
However, one royal marriage that you may have forgotten about is the Queen's own cousin. Lady Gabriella Windsor tied the knot in May 2019 and is currently 52nd in line to the British throne

Gabriella's birthday is two days apart from The Queen, and was born on April 23, 1981 -making her 55 years younger than her cousin. She is the only daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

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Gabriella grew up in Kensington Palace and was educated at Downe House School before completing a degree at Brown University in Rhode Island.

After her first degree, she then acquired a Master of Philosophy degree from Oxford. She is currently a freelance journalist and writes for The London Magazine, as she studied for a BA in Comparative Literature.

Gabriella married Thomas Kingston in 2019 not long after Prince Harry married Meghan Markle. According to their engagement announcement, Thomas "works in frontier market investment and is a Director of Devonport Capital."

Thomas dated Gabriella for a number of years before he proposed to her on the Isle of Sark in August 2018. But before getting married he actually dated someone else with royal connections -Pippa Middleton. The couple ended up parting ways as good friends.

Prior to her marriage, Gabriella was the subject of scrutiny when her ex-boyfriend Aatish...

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