Ginger fanatic plotted Charles murder to make Harry king: Court

A right-wing fanatic who felt marginalised because of his ginger hair plotted the assassination of Prince Charles in the hope that his red-haired son Harry would become king, a British court heard on Tuesday.

Mark Colborne, 37, from Southampton in southern England, who is on trial accused of preparing terrorist acts for several months in the run-up to his arrest in June 2014.

In a notebook seized by police, Colborne said he wanted to kill “dark haired” people, prosecutor Annabel Darlow told the Old Bailey court in London. “I want them to see my transition from poor red-haired victimised minority that is constantly walked over to a fully transformed military terrorist,” he wrote.

Colborne allegedly said he wanted to “put a bullet in Charles’ head”.