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Kaitlin Easton

Iconic moment Queen's daughter Princess Anne snapped back at crazed gunman

When the Queen's only daughter was nearly kidnapped by a crazed gunman, she snapped back in an iconic moment as she refused to get out of the car.

On the evening of March 20, 1974, the Princess Royal, 23 at the time, was travelling back from The Mall to Buckingham Palace after attending a charity event with her then husband Captain Mark Phillips.

Crazed Ian Ball managed to stop the limousine they were travelling it by braking harshly and blocking them with his black Ford Escort before pulling out a handgun. He fired at the window and shot Anne's police bodyguard, Detective Inspector Jim Beaton on the shoulder.

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