* Britain's Persecuted Redheads

(CBS) Letter from London is Larry Miller's weekly look at news from across the pond.

Prince Harry revealed this week that he's been bullied because he has red hair. That takes some nerve — bullying someone whose grandma holds the keys to the Tower of London.

In Britain, redheads don't have it easy, but since you can no longer say nasty things about race, religion, ethnic origin, disability or gender orientation, the only ones left to abuse seem to be redheads. It's being called "gingerism." In Britain, red hair is called ginger, and redheads, gingers.

Cartman picked up the theme in a "South Park" episode, saying "they creep us out. Ginger kids have no souls… and must avoid the sun, not unlike vampires." Classmate Kyle sees it for what it is though, calling it "hate speech."

Recently, a waitress in Plymouth, England taunted and sexually harassed at work because of her red hair, took her case to an employment tribunal, which awarded her $36,000 in compensation. Afterwards, she said: "You expect that from kids, not when you're in your forties."

Of course, you might wonder why you would accept that from even kids.

As with many minorities, who turn to song to express their blues, redheads do, too. "Red and Proud" is just one of the offerings in a choral piece celebrating redheads performed at the Royal Festival Hall. The composer, a flaming redhead, recalls that after a performance, a beautiful young strawberry blond woman told her the songs made her cry, recalling how she had been bullied.