Sophie Winkleman opens up about the death of her brother-in-law, Thomas Kingston, in a new interview<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Kingston, who was married to Sophie’s sister-in-law Lady Gabriella, died by suicide in February 2024<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
“We all miss him every day,” the actress said<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sophie Winkleman<\/a> is opening up about how the royal family continues to grieve the death of her brother-in-law Thomas Kingston<\/a>.<\/p>\n “That was a big tragedy in our lives, and we all miss him every day,” Sophie, 45, said in a new interview with The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Wild Cherry actress is married to\u00a0Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael of Kent. Kingston \u2014\u00a0who was married to Frederick’s sister, Lady Gabriella \u2014 died by suicide<\/a> at his parents’ home in the Cotswolds on Feb. 25, 2024. He was 45.<\/p>\n “My girls adored him,” Sophie added of her daughters, Maud, 12, and Isabella, 9. “It\u2019s brutal. We\u2019re still in touch with all his family, and it feels like he\u2019s still with us.”<\/p>\n Karwai Tang\/WireImage<\/p>\n (L to R): Lord Frederick Windsor, Sophie Winkleman, Lady Gabriella Kingston and Thomas Kingston attend the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral on June 3, 2022<\/p>\n In December 2024, Lady Gabriella, who is a second cousin to\u00a0King Charles<\/a>, spoke about her husband’s death during an inquest at Gloucestershire Coroner\u2019s Court, saying she believed it was influenced by a new medication he had been taking.<\/p>\n “It appears to me Tom\u2019s impulsive action was likely provoked by an adverse reaction to the medication he had been taking in the last two weeks of his life,” Lady Gabriella said in a witness statement read aloud in court, according to\u00a0The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n “If anything had been troubling him, I’m positive that he would have shared that he was struggling severely,” she added. “The fact that he took his life at the home of his beloved parents suggests the decision was the result of a sudden impulse.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Since Kingston’s death, Sophie said her own husband has started working with James’ Place, a charity that helps men with suicidal thoughts, as a way to pay tribute to his late brother-in-law.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s not a positive to come out of it at all, but it makes you so much more aware that the exterior of someone can be very different from what\u2019s going on inside,” she said.<\/p>\n Chris Jackson\/Getty<\/p>\n Sophie Winkleman, Queen Camilla, King Charles, Lady Gabriella, Thomas Kingston and Lord Frederick Windsor in June 2023<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the interview, Lady Frederick Windsor opened up about her own brush with death. In 2017, just a few months after giving birth to her second daughter, she was a passenger in a car crash that left her trapped in the backseat for nearly 30 minutes before she could be rescued.<\/p>\n \u201cI really thought I was going to croak,” she recalled. “I said very efficient prayers \u2014 \u2018Make Freddie meet someone nice, who\u2019s really sweet to the girls, and make my parents live till they\u2019re 309, so they can look after them.\u2019 I remember sort of rising above myself and then being sucked back in and thinking, \u2018Oh, maybe I\u2019m going to be all right.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n For days, it was a question whether she would be able to walk again. “I was on morphine, so I was like, \u2018Fine. I like reading anyway,\u2019 but my mum went haywire at the news.”<\/p>\n She eventually recovered, though she suffered from debilitating back pain for 18 months. However, the actress and royal-by-marriage said she finds “perspective” on her troubles through charity work.<\/p>\n “I visit parts of the country most of my friends don\u2019t even know exist and see people living such bloody difficult lives. So I just think, \u2018Shut up. You\u2019re not allowed to complain about anything. You\u2019re so lucky,\u2019 \u201d she said.<\/p>\n![\"Karwai](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/446fd9a002231ca877baca3268a6395d.jpeg\"\/)
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