How to deal with an armed kidnapper, 1974 UK style
A man named Ian Ball tried to kidnap Princess Anne in 1974. He stopped
Princess Anne's car with his Ford Escort and approached with two
pistols. Anne's bodyguard, James Beaton, got out of the car and Ball
shot him in the right shoulder. Beaton tried to shoot Ball, but his
first shot missed and then his pistol jammed. Ball went to open the door
of Anne's car, but the wounded Beaton put himself in the way. Ball shot
Beaton in the hand and then shot him again, so he fell out of the car.
The (unarmed) chauffeur tried to disarm Ball, and was also shot. Ball
got open the car door, grabbed Anne and told her that he was going to
kidnap her, and that she should get out of the car. She said "Not bloody
likely". A policeman (unarmed) also turned up, and was shot. Another
passer-by (unarmed) blocked Ball's car and tried to distract him, then
went to help the wounded policeman. A journalist tried to reason with
Ball, and was shot. Ronald Russell, an (unarmed) ex-boxer then punched
Ball in the back of the head, and Anne started to get out the opposite
door of the car. When Ball went round to the other side of the car, Anne
shut the door, and Russell punched Ball in the face. At this point Ball
ran off, but another policeman (also unarmed) chased Ball and "brought
him down with a flying tackle."
Everyone survived.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/bloody-attempt-kidnap-british-princess-180950202/?no-ist
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4139187.stm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal#Kidnapping_attempt
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