Scottish separatists have threatened to kill Prince William should he attend St Andrews University in Scotland this autumn, reports one UK tabloid. The terrorist group Scottish National Liberation Army (SNLA) is said to be incensed over the idea that the English heir to the throne might attend the famed university, the oldest in Scotland, and they intend to employ the deadly anthrax bio-warfare agent against him in retaliation.
“The bio-scare will act as a reminder to the British State that the SNLA can strike at will, and that we have eyes and ears within the university,” the group told UK newspaper the Daily Express. “We can kill William, should he attend, and we will.”
The group claims to have successfully sent a bogus package containing a note reading: “This is anthrax” to St Andrews, though both the university and the local police deny any knowledge of such an effort.
The SNLA was founded in 1980 by a small group of extremists angered over “mass English immigration”. And while in the past the organisation has threatened to take the lives of the Queen and Princess Anne, the terrorists have never taken direct action.
The 19-year-old prince is scheduled to start a course in Art History in the Fife town in less than two months.
This anthrax warning is the third security incident to involve the royal family in recent weeks. Today reports emerged in which an electronic organiser containing the private mobile numbers of both Princes William and Harry was put up for sale by a man calling himself simply Peter. The mystery man claimed to have found the organiser and offered it to UK newspaper the Daily Mail.
St James’s Palace said the gadget, which also had the contact information for Princess Anne’s home Gatcombe Park and Balmoral, belonged to William’s bodyguard, Sergeant Kevin Sullivan. However, palace officials insist that the lost numbers do not compromise royal security.
“We would like it back,” said one senior palace source. “It is not this man’s property and it should be returned to its rightful owner.”
Last month on a rare night out, one of Prince William’s protection officers dropped a loaded semi-automatic pistol while attempting to stop a photographer from snapping the young royal. The gun did not go off and no one was hurt in the incident.
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