Tatiana Maria
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Her name has already been updated to Lady Gabriella Kingston on the Wikipedia page on the line of succession to the British throne.
But there was no evidence posted on the Wikipedia page to support the change, so as O-H Anglophile pointed out, it means nothing more than that the individual who updated the page assumed her name had changed.
The assumption that she is using her husband's name is justified by British tradition and the George V proclamation, but it conflicts with the press release issued days after the wedding which styled her Lady Gabriella Windsor.
If Gabriella chooses to use her husband's surname she will be Lady Gabriella Kingston and should Lady Davina choose to revert back to her maiden name of Windsor, the name she was born with, there would be no problem with that either. I 'm surprised this is even a discussion.
She is in the same category as Lady Helen, Lady Davina (when she was still married) or Lady Rose, so there is no doubt in my mind that she should be referred to by her husband's last name.
I think it is arguable. Had Lady Gabriella and Lady Davina not been descendants of Queen Victoria, there is no doubt that they would be able to choose their own names, irrespective of the choices their cousins made. But one could argue the 1917 proclamation of King George V does not allow Lady Gabriella to use the name of Windsor as a married woman and does not allow Lady Davina to revert to her maiden name.
Now, therefore, We, out of Our Royal Will and Authority, do hereby declare and announce that as from the date of this Our Royal Proclamation Our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that all the descendants in the male line of Our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, other than female descendants who may marry or may have married, shall bear the said Name of Windsor: