Newly-Uncovered Details About Queen Elizabeth's 'Banished' Cousins
Major scandals have rocked the British royal family for centuries. Time normally erases public knowledge about past incidents, but occasionally old drama reemerges. Netflix’s The Crown, for instance, is notorious for reminding its audience about Buckingham Palace's dirty laundry. Recently, the show re-exposed the public to Queen Elizabeth's cousins Katherine and Nerissa, who vanished from public life for less than savory reasons.
Unaware Princess
When Princess Margaret visits a therapist in an episode of The Crown, her counselor isn’t surprised that the royal has appeared in her office. She alludes to a pair of sisters who were associated with Margaret. The Princess was shocked.
Discovering The Lies
In the show, Margaret and her older sister Elizabeth find that their family lied about their cousins Katherine and Nerissa being dead. Instead, they were sent to Royal Earlswood Hospital, a state-funded mental institution. Could such a deception have happened in real life?
Reality Of The Situation
Well, the actual royal family was a little more clued in. In reality, both women knew that Katherine and Nerissa were in the sanatorium once known as, “The Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles.” Of course, that doesn't sound like a place fit for royalty.
Committed Women
They weren’t the only ones with royal blood at Royal Earlswood Hospital. The Queen Mother's cousins, Rosemary, Etheldreda, and Ideona, were committed to the facility on the same day as the others.
