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Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II, part of the royal family through the Queen Mother’s side. Both girls were born with extreme developmental disabilities at a time when society heavily stigmatised conditions like theirs. In 1941, at just 15 and 22 years old, they were quietly moved to the RoyalContinue reading “Where The Crown Forgets, The Blood Remembers”