A cousin of Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced on Tuesday to ten months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman who was a guest at his ancestral castle in Scotland.
Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of Strathmore, admitted that he assaulted the 26-year-old woman in February 2020 in a bedroom at Glamis Castle, which was the orphanage of the Queen’s deceased mother.
His victim is still suffering nightmares as a result of the 20-minute attack, in which Bowes-Lyon enters her room uninvited and touches her while trying to take off her nightgown, the Dundee Sheriff Court has heard, according to the BBC.
Bowes-Lyon, 34, who is a first cousin of the queen who has been removed twice, pleaded guilty last month, saying he was’ very ashamed of my actions that a guest in my house caused such an emergency. ‘
“I did not think I could behave like I did, but I had to face it and accept responsibility,” he said.
Bowes-Lyon was also placed on the register of sex offenders for ten years.
He was sentenced to up to five years in prison, but was given the lighter term after his lawyer, John Scott, reminded the court that the count had shown “true remorse”.
Glamis Castle, near Dundee in central Scotland, is the orphanage of the queen’s late mother, born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and the queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, was born there, the BBC said.
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