A Briton on Friday became the first person in decades to plead guilty to treason, after admitting trying to harm Queen Elizabeth II with a loaded crossbow in Windsor Castle in 2021.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, from southern England, was detained on the grounds of the royal residence on Christmas Day while the late queen was there.
He admitted to an armed officer at the scene that he was there “to kill the queen”, and pleaded guilty to three charges at a criminal court hearing.
They include a section of the Treason Act, dating back to 1842 that outlaws attempts to “injure the person of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II or to alarm Her Majesty”.
He also pleaded guilty to making threats to kill, and possessing an offensive weapon.
After his arrest, it emerged that he had stated his intent in a video recorded four days earlier, which he sent to his phone contacts list about 10 minutes before he was apprehended.