We all have our fantasies, and some of them involve Prince Harry, the scampish ginger Prince who will never quite make it to the throne but is set to entertain us with his raffish playboy ways for at least a little bit (shame about the obsession with dad clothes, though, but enough of that).
But it’s safe to say that there’s probably only one person in the world who’s fantasised about killing Princes Charles and William so that Harry can be king.
That one person is fellow ginger, Mark Colborne, who is currently on trial for charges of preparation of terrorist acts and the possession of terrorist information. Mr Colborne, 37, had a notebook seized from his house by police and in entries in May and June 2012, he had written: ‘I don’t want to be a serial killer. I’m more of an Anders Breivik. I have left potential targets open. Wouldn’t it be great to have a military silent rifle, take up a good stealth position and put a bullet in Charles’s head.’
‘He is protected but not too protected. I would sacrifice my life for that one shot. Kill Charles and William and Harry become king. Kill the tyrants and become free from tyrannical future rule.’
Anders Breivik was the Norwegian right-wing terrorist who opened fire at a left-wing summer camp, killing 77 people.
Mr Colborne, who used to be a member of the British National Party, didn’t only plan to make Harry king, but he was preparing to spray cyanide in a mass terror attack, having bought all the ingredients, reports* The Times*.
Mate, if you want to do something nice for the royals, probably better to buy the ingredients to make a cake with their face on or something. You can make Harry’s hair with orange peel or glazed apricots. Really.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.