A nephew of Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced for 10 months on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a woman who was a guest at his ancestral castle in Scotland.
Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of Strathmore, admitted to attacking the 26-year-old woman in a bedroom in Glamis Castle, the family home of the queen’s late mother, in February 2020.
His victim is still suffering from nightmares from the 20-minute attack, in which Bowes-Lyon entered her room unsolicited and groped her while trying to take off her nightgown, the Dundee Sheriff Court heard, the BBC said.
Bowes-Lyon, 34, who is a first cousin who has been twice removed from the Queen, pleaded guilty last month, saying he was “very ashamed of my actions that caused so much misery to a guest in my house.”
“I didn’t think I could act like I did, but I had to face it and take responsibility,” he said.
Bowes-Lyon was also on the sex offender registry for 10 years.
He had served up to five years in prison, but was given the lighter term after his attorney, John Scott, reminded the court that the Earl had shown “genuine remorse.”
Glamis Castle, near Dundee in central Scotland, is the ancestral home of the Queen’s late mother, who was born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and is where the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, was born, said the BBC.
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