Ian Ball tried to abduct Anne and her then-husband Captain Mark Phillips as they were driven along The Mall to Buckingham Palace
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Ian Ball tried to abduct Anne and her then-husband Captain Mark Phillips as they were driven along The Mall to Buckingham Palace
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The gunman who attempted to kidnap the Princess Royal in 1974 has claimed he is innocent nearly six years after his release from a secure hospital, according to a report.
Ian Ball now says kidnap was always supposed to have failed and was plot to garner publicity to sell autobiography
Ian Ball ambushed the Princess’s limousine as she was driven along The Mall to Buckingham Palace in March 1974
The 'dangerous' loner who tried to kidnap Princess Anne is back on the streets - unrepentant and still obsessed.
After their one brief meeting left him perilously close to death, Jim Beaton might be forgiven for never wanting to set eyes on…
Russell was undeterred by Ball's threats to shoot, and punched him three times over a terrifying few minutes, before police…
Alex Jenkinson, 39, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday
Man who attempted to kidnap Princess Anne in 1974 claims innocence
Princess Anne’s attempted kidnapper released from psychiatric hospital
Loner who tried to grab Princess Anne in 1974 is back on the streets
I should have hit him harder, says boxer who stopped Anne's kidnapper
