Opinion

Old-style treason against British monarchy


For a country that loves to hate ‘traitors’, and has mixed feelings about the British monarchy, British citizen Jaswant Singh Chail has thrown up a quandary for Indians. The 21-year-old from Southampton pleaded guilty on Friday to charges under Section 2 of the British Treason Act, 1842.

He admitted in court that he had attempted to injure or alarm Queen Elizabeth 2 on Christmas Day, 2021. Chail, then 19, had entered Windsor Castle wearing a mask and carrying a loaded crossbow when Elizabeth was in residence.

He was also recorded to have told the officer of the royal protection command who finally accosted him, ‘I am here to kill the queen.’ Why on earth would Chail wish to top the ma’am?

Less than half an hour before he made his anarchic monarchic break-in, Chail had posted on TikTok his intention to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 13, 1919, by the British India Police under the rule of George 5, Elizabeth’s grandfather.

Chail will be in jail. But Britain could have been in a pickle if his plan had succeeded. Amicable race relations can turn ugly at a drop of a hat. Which anyone who knows every ‘Jallianwala Bagh’ should know.



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