A cousin of Queen Elizabeth II was jailed on Tuesday for 10 months for sexually assaulting a woman who was a guest at her ancestral castle in Scotland.
Simon Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, admitted to attacking the 26-year-old woman in February 2020 in a bedroom at Glamis Castle, which was the childhood home of the queen’s late mother.
Her victim is still suffering from nightmares due to the 20-minute attack, in which Bowes-Lyon entered her uninvited room and groped her while trying to take off her nightgown, Sheriff Court heard, according to BBC
Bowes-Lyon, 34, who is a primary cousin twice removed from the queen, pleaded guilty last month, saying he was “very ashamed of my actions that caused such suffering to a guest at home.” .
“I didn’t think I was capable of behaving the way I did, but I had to face it and take responsibility,” he said.
Bowes-Lyon was also placed on the sex offender register for 10 years.
He was jailed for up to five years in prison, but was given a lighter sentence after his lawyer, John Scott, reminded the court that the count had shown “genuine remorse”.
Glamis Castle, near Dundee in central Scotland, is the childhood home of the queen’s late mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and the queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, was born there, the BBC said.
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