The Dark Side of the Royal Family: The Queen's Cousins

The hidden story of Queen Elizabeth II's hidden cousins

STILLS
Service Of Thanksgiving For The Duke Of Edinburgh
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Pile of papers and documents on the office table.
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Shot of daughter encourage her mother and holding the mother's hand to sleep on the bed ​in hospital.
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Crowded hospital with closely standing hospital beds
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Daily Life In London
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View along drive to the Gatehouse of Durham Castle, Durham, County Durham, England, UK
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Royalty - Redhill Cemetery - Surrey
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Buildings - Royal Earlswood Mental Hospital - Redhill
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Royalty - Redhill Cemetery - Surrey
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Elderly Patient Waits for Dinner
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Woman in Straitjacket at a Psychiatric Hospital
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Front Elevation of English Country Home
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English country mansion
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Senior Woman looking out of a window
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Bowes-Lyon Brothers
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Sandringham And Corgi Graves
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John Bowes-Lyon
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Bowes-Lyon
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The York Wedding
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VIDEO
Interviews at the premiere of The Crown
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GVs from the premiere of The Crown
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The Queen's cousin says the Queen 'never lets anything go to waste'
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Kate, William and Harry unite for mental health awareness launch - GVs
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1972 MONTAGE Dinner being served in a mental hospital / United Kingdom
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Mental Hospital - 13 of 19
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Netflix loses subscribers for first time as company warns it expects millions more to cancel subscriptions
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RUSHES: Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee: Queen hosts reception at Sandringham House
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Queen Elizabeth views jubilee memorabilia ahead of Platinum Jubilee
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The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Attend The London 2021 Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony
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The Queen's Baton Relay At Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace. London International Landmark
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Princess Diana statue unveiled at Kensington Palace
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Buckingham Palace. London.
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RUSHES: Queen's Speech: Sovereign's Entrance departures
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SLOMO - State Opening Of Parliament 2021
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Buckingham Palace, London, England
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Cemetery
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visits ActionAid
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Golden Jubilee: Millions fill Mall to pay tribute to Queen at colourful pageant commemorating her reign
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Calvary Cemetery
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Counselor / therapist listens to female client at her home
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G7 Economic Summit: World leaders meet in London:
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SLO MO Female hands opening an envelope
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The Royal Family Leaves Church after the Queen on Christmas Day
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RUSHES: Lady Thatcher 80th birthday party attended by Queen: Party arrivals and departures
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Trooping the Colour: Queen Elizabeth and royal family watch flypast from Buckingham Palace balcony
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Buckingham Palace London
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The Royal Family stood on the balcony to watch the RAF flypast
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Boy With Down Syndrome Uses a Mirror During a Speech Pathology Session
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Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace
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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles engagement: History
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Queen attends Easter services
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ROYAL CHRISTENING
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Diana, Princess of Wales Collection
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Princess Diana Death: Princess of Wales: US Reactions
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[Musicalfate]

I never understood the obsession with the royal family

[IjeomaThePlantMama]

I worked in a nursing home all through college and took care of a few people who were public figures that were essentially abandoned by their families. One was a pretty famous guitarist from the 50s and 60s who had dementia. He was a crotchety old man and would spit at everyone, but as soon as someone started playing rockabilly music, he'd start tapping and dancing and humming and being a sweetheart to everyone. I found old videos of him playing guitar and would play them for him regularly, it was kind of like music therapy for him. I fully believe that these poor women were tossed aside and left to be forgotten. Look at how the royal family treats mental issues regarding family members now. Outwardly advocating for speaking to someone, but don't encourage it in their own family so word doesn't get out that they **gasp** aren't perfect.

[gooseware]

Thank goodness my downs syndrome sister was born into our family and not to the royal family, she was much loved and when we lost her at the age of 65, her funeral was beautiful for her and about her, it was as special as she was.

[kayallinson]

I'm a mother and full time carer of a 37year old son, he has severe learning disability with associated physical disabilities, I'm so PROUD of him and love him dearly...I love to show him off , and would never deny him .he's my world, and it's a bloody hard work .!!

[HeyyyitsLissy]

All that money and they didn’t even get private care

[OWOT-rejf]

Princess Margaret was disgusted at her mother for this.

[LovvinLifeeMiyaa]

it’s crazy how they were denied and dismissed for being mentally disabled but f*cking each other in that family is/was normal.

[PokhrajRoy.]

I can’t see this video without referencing an episode of ‘The Crown’ titled ’The Hereditary Principle’. I’m happy it was mentioned.

[RyLHatch]

It is commonly believed that the mental illnesses that plagued Katherine and Nerissa were inherited from their mother, Fenella, whose family (the Trefusis family), was known for members that were "mad." The other three cousins (Idonea, Rosemary, and Etheldreda) weren't members of the Bowes-Lyon family. They were members of the Trefusis family through their mother, Harriet Fane, who was the elder sister of Fenella Bowes-Lyon.

[blue_.]

People want to hate on megan markle but I'm glad Harry got out. Hes said that he fears for his wife's safety and he has every right too.

[carla]

Inbreeding does cause problems doesn't it ???

[MidnightMoonday]

The queens cousins...you mean her husband? the womans family tree looks like a christmas wreath

[marlenaforbes-reidy]

I bet there’s a lot more skeletons in the Royal Closets that have never been brought out in the open.

[anitaevans]

Family tree?! How about Family wreath!!

[philippehoyez]

If they are capable of such ignominy, one can easily imagine the rest: for example a murder, a crime disguised as an accident!

[mayrareyes]

My daughter is autistic with an intelectual delay to know thst if she would of been born to a family like this or at those times she would been thrown into a place like this breaks my heart. How can people be so evil

[DneilB]

Here’s a thought: look at how the British press dealt with Princess Di, how that affected her mental health, and then think about how that would impact someone with severe developmental delays and/or other mental health issues.

I’m not suggesting that they operated out of enlightened compassion or anything like that at all; but to my mind, they might have accidentally done the best thing possible at the time by never letting the press know that they existed.

[anjukarthi]

How many watching this after her death....

[itiswhatitisbshhh]

That is sickening shutting the sisters for being sick and not even acknowledging them

[theram]

I found this shocking. I understand that when these young women were 'placed' in this institution by their parents, such things were not uncommon in society then. However, once the family had discovered that they were still alive, they should have done much, much, better. Better than a £125 cheque per year, better than zero visits or abandonment.