Queen Elizabeth II’s relative was convicted of sexual assault

A relative of Queen Elizabeth II of England was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Tuesday for sexual assault on a woman in his family castle in Scotland.

Simon Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore, had admitted the attack in a bedroom in his castle in Glamis in February 2020.

Bowes-Lyon, 34, who He’s the queen’s third cousin, he pleaded guilty last month, saying he was “very ashamed of my actions, which caused so much grief to a guest at my house.

“I didn’t think I could behave like I did, but I have to accept it and take responsibility,” he said.

He was sentenced in Dundee regional court on Tuesday.

Glamis Castle, near Dundee in central Scotland, is where the late Queen’s mother, née Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, lived as a child.