Thomas Kingston took life after reaction to medication

Lady Gabriella Kingston has said that the decease of her hubby was "likely provoked" by an adverse absorption to medication, arsenic a coroner concluded that helium took his ain life.

Thomas Kingston, the hubby of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s girl Lady Gabriella, died from a caput wounded astatine his parents’ location successful the Cotswolds connected 25 February. A weapon was recovered adjacent his body.

The inquest into his decease was told Mr Kingston had stopped taking medicine successful the days starring up to his death.

"The deficiency of immoderate grounds of inclination, it seems highly apt to maine that helium had an adverse absorption to the pills that led him to instrumentality his life," Lady Gabriella said.

At Gloucestershire Coroner's Court connected Tuesday, Lady Gabriella warned astir the effects of drugs utilized to dainty intelligence wellness problems.

In her connection work retired by Katy Skerrett, elder coroner for Gloucestershire, she said: "I judge anyone taking pills specified arsenic these request to beryllium made much alert of the broadside effects to forestall immoderate aboriginal deaths.

"If this could hap to Tom, this could hap to anyone."

The inquest was told Mr Kingston, a 45-year-old financier, had initially been fixed sertraline, a cause utilized to dainty depression, and zopiclone, a sleeping tablet, by a GP astatine the Royal Mews Surgery, a signifier astatine Buckingham Palace utilized by royal household staff, aft complaining of occupation sleeping pursuing accent astatine work.

Mr Kingston returned to the country saying they were not making him consciousness better, and his doc moved him from sertraline to citalopram, a akin drug.

In the days starring up to his death, Mr Kingston stopped taking medication, the inquest was told.

"(Work) was surely a situation for him implicit the years but I highly uncertainty it would person led him to instrumentality his ain life, and it seemed overmuch improved," Lady Gabriella said.

"The information that helium took his beingness astatine the location of his beloved parents suggests the determination was the effect of a abrupt impulse."

Lady Gabriella described her matrimony arsenic “deeply loving and trusting” and said her hubby had ne'er expressed immoderate suicidal thoughts.

Recording a communicative conclusion, Ms Skerrett said that Mr Kingston had taken his ain life, adding: "The grounds of his wife, household and concern spouse each supports his deficiency of suicidal intent.

“He was suffering adverse effects of medicine helium had precocious been prescribed.”