<p>LONDON — A relative of Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral castle in Scotland.</p>
<p>Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of Strathmore, had admitted assaulting the woman in a bedroom at Glamis Castle in February 2020.</p>
<p>Bowes-Lyon, 34, who is a first cousin twice removed of the queen, pleaded guilty last month, saying he was “greatly ashamed of my actions which have caused such distress to a guest in my home.”</p>
<p>“I did not think I was capable of behaving the way I did but have had to face up to it and take responsibility,” he said.</p>
<p>He was sentenced Tuesday at Dundee Sheriff Court.</p>
<p>Glamis Castle, near Dundee in central Scotland, is the childhood home of the queen’s late mother, who was born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.</p>
