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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ted Hennessey

Volunteer who grabbed gunman who fired at Queen recalls being thanked by monarch

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A St John Ambulance volunteer who stopped a young man shooting the Queen has told how he was left “dumbstruck” when he was thanked by the monarch and her family after the incident.

In 1981, 17-year-old Marcus Sarjeant fired six blank shots at the Queen while she was riding down The Mall in London during the Trooping the Colour parade.

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