Queen’s cousin, Katherine Bowes-Lyon, secretly filmed

Title

Queen’s cousin, Katherine Bowes-Lyon, secretly filmed

Genre

Interview

TX Date

11 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:31

Description

Mark Phillips interviews Martin Barclay, general manager of the Royal Earlswood Hospital in Surrey, following the secret filming by American television of the Queen’s mentally handicapped cousin, sixty-four-year-old Katherine Bowes-Lyon who has lived there for 50 years. He deplores the invasion of privacy. Phone interview.

Contributors

Mark Phillips; Martin Barclay

Keywords

Television; Hospitals; Royal family; Royalty; Mentally disabled people; Surrey; Right to privacy; Katherine Bowes-Lyon; Royal Earlswood Hospital

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