Random story from my childhood: When I was little, I had a big plush lion, Leonie. To me, she was a girl, even though she had a mane. Sometime later, I got a plush lion without a man, and naturally, he became Leonie's husband, Leon. When I played zoo, I put a little sign next to the lions' "cage", pointing out that this was a paticular breed of lion in which the females have got the mane.
Maybe the same goes for Kingsley. Not that I'd mind either way.