Forsaken Kin An Untold Exile
In a tale tinged with sorrow, the harsh realities of the early 20th century’s stigma against mental illness cast a shadow over royal bloodlines. Queen Elizabeth II’s cousins, Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, found themselves exiled to an institution, hidden from the world’s gaze by a monarchy ashamed of imperfection.
Their existence, cruelly obscured and prematurely declared over, emerged into the spotlight in 1987, igniting a firestorm of controversy that swept through the House of Windsor..