He was 45 years old.

Information about the cause of Kingston’s death was not immediately available.

Who, exactly, was Thomas Kingston?

Thomas Kingston tan tophat

Ultimately, they wound up ministering to a crowd of 6,500 people in Baghdad.

One day in 2004, they entered the church just before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside.

Perhaps it’s a legacy from the work he was doing in Iraq."

A closeup of Thomas Kingston

Six years later, he left for a new job as a managing director at Voltan Capital Management.

This required Kingston to travel frequently, visiting Africa, Asia, and the Middle East once again.

This is the job that Kingston held at the time of his death seven years later, in 2024.

Thomas Kingston driving a car

“Pippa met Alex through mutual friends and he worked in finance.

This is just the same she has an obvious bang out,” one source told the outlet.

Although their romantic relationship didn’t last long, the two remained close friends after splitting up.

Thomas Kingston and Pippa Middleton together

In 2013, they werephotographedhaving a night out at ritzy London restaurant Le Caprice.

The following year, they were pictured grabbing drinks together and sharing a platonic goodbye smooch.

In 2017, Kingston even attendedPippa’s wedding to James Matthews.

Thomas Kingston and Lady Gabriella Windsor on their wedding day

Pippa’s friends seem to have liked Kingston.

One once told theDaily Mail, “Tom is utterly charming, polite and very popular with the ladies.

In fact, he is just the kind of guy you would want to introduce to your mother.”

Lady Gabriella and Thomas Kingston, smiling

Even when it’s all over, they still like him."

That seems to have undoubtedly been the case for Pippa.

The couple met four years earlier through mutual friends.

Queen Camilla and Thomas Kingston at the Royal Ascot

Their royal wedding was held the following spring at St. George’s Chapel, part of Windsor Castle.

Like those other royal weddings, Kingston and Gabriella’s May 2019 ceremony boasted a seriously stacked guest list.

Ella was particularly chatty."

As the couple’s social circle learned the tragic news, the primary emotion felt was disbelief.

A different friend told the outlet, “‘It’s utterly shocking.

None of us saw it coming.

I cannot understand it.”

The Times reported that the couple had not told friends about difficulties neither romantic nor financial in their relationship.