A relative of Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a woman in Scotland.
Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of Strathmore, admitted to assaulting his wife in a room at Glamis Castle in February 2020. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Bowes-Lyon, 34, who is a first cousin twice removed from the queen, pleaded guilty last month, saying he was “very ashamed of my actions that caused so much anguish to a guest in my home”.
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“I didn’t think I would be able to behave the way I did, but I had to face it and take responsibility,” he said.
A relative of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain was sentenced to 10 months in prison for sexual assault.
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He was convicted on Tuesday at the Dundee Sheriff’s Court.
Glamis Castle, near Dundee, in central Scotland, is the childhood home of the Queen’s late mother, who was born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
Bowes-Lyon is also the great-nephew of the Queen Mother, who died in 2002 at the age of 101.
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Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of Strathmore, arrives at the Dundee Sheriff’s Court before sentencing in Dundee, Scotland, on Tuesday, February 23.
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Bowes-Lyon was hosting an event on the 16,500-acre property at the time of the attack, the UK Daily Record previously reported.
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According to the shot, he forcibly entered the sleeping woman’s room, tried to remove her nightgown, palpated her and then assaulted her for more than 20 minutes.