Personal Life
Kingston met English actor Ralph Fiennes while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. They were together for ten years before marrying in September 1993, and divorced on 28 October 1997. In 1996, Fiennes left Kingston for his Hamlet co-star Francesca Annis after an affair beginning either 1994 or 1995.
On 29 December 1998, Kingston married her second husband, German writer and freelance journalist Florian Haertel, having met the previous year on a blind date arranged by friends; they have a daughter together, Salome Violetta Haertel, born 28 March 2001. Kingston and Haertel are now separated. As of 2011, Kingston continues to reside in the US.
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