Princess Anne Survives Dramatic Kidnapping Attempt - News at Ten Studio Special (1974)

On 20 March 1974, Princess Anne, Princess Royal and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, survived a violent kidnapping attempt while travelling down the Mall. The royal couple were returning to Buckingham Palace after a charity event when Ian Ball pulled his Ford Escort out in front of the Princess IV car and began shooting at the royal motorcade. After wounding Anne's personal police officer, Inspector James Beaton, and her chauffeur, Alex Callender, Ian Ball approached the car and shouted at the Princess Royal to get out of the car. The Princess' response: "Not bloody likely!" In total, four people were shot before Ball was finally disarmed.
This video is an excerpt of the News at Ten bulletin broadcast the night of the attack. At the time it was thought to have been an attempted assassination rather than a kidnapping. ITN's veteran reporter and presenter Reginald Bosanquet led the programme, while Norman Rees interviewed eyewitness Miss Sammy Scott.
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  • @westminsterwatcher5152
    @westminsterwatcher5152 Жыл бұрын

    Brave. Principled. Determined. Princess Anne is the best Queen we never had!

  • @michelewilliams3761

    @michelewilliams3761

    Жыл бұрын

    She would have made another great queen like her mother she really would have ..charles is just not trustworthy,loyal or kind he is a pompous asshole

  • @garrysimpson1395

    @garrysimpson1395

    4 ай бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @RealThundar1
    @RealThundar1 Жыл бұрын

    seeing the witness smoking in the studio is quite amusing from a modern perspective

  • @frazer3191
    @frazer3191 Жыл бұрын

    There was no escorting police vehicle for the royal Limousine. Just the chauffeur and the detective who earned the George cross for gallant bravery. He took several rounds for the princess!

  • @oopik0059
    @oopik0059Ай бұрын

    I’m amazed they didn’t include this on “The Crown”.

  • @j.b.3825

    @j.b.3825

    Ай бұрын

    A missed opportunity.

  • @anthonyperkins7556
    @anthonyperkins75568 ай бұрын

    Proper News At Ten with the original dramatic theme tune, authoritative sound and seriousness, Just how it SHOULD BE.

  • @chapsnaps1
    @chapsnaps1 Жыл бұрын

    If Princess Anne had been in her Reliant Scimitar, no-one would have caught her!

  • @Dan.Dawson
    @Dan.Dawson Жыл бұрын

    Royal protection has never been the best. Queen driving herself around in an unarmoured Range Rover was always a worry. Its a tough balance to strike between giving the Royals a life and keeping them safe.

  • @arievena19744
    @arievena19744 Жыл бұрын

    Shocking story! What's really crazy is this lady is smoking on tv!!! OMG, times have changed since 1974!

  • @georgemcfadipe51

    @georgemcfadipe51

    Жыл бұрын

    Can you see she is very nervous in the interview; her smoking had to be allowed, to calm her nervousness because she is a vitally vital first hand eyes witness that was only saved by God's grace from being Gun 🔫down in the kidnapping attempt. Think of that -before professionalism and ethics in journalism!

  • @serrielu8025

    @serrielu8025

    10 ай бұрын

    Omg!!!!😮😮😮. 🙄

  • @mianathanjoyce
    @mianathanjoyce12 күн бұрын

    Thanks Simon I know you truly care. But omg...Watching this made me giggle when the witness was SMOKING while interviewed in the studio.

  • @dodomein
    @dodomein Жыл бұрын

    What a horror. Thank you for this piece of “news“.

  • @londonroulette
    @londonroulette6 ай бұрын

    Unreal. I never knew it was so serious. I heard about but wow!

  • @bernadettemurray8260
    @bernadettemurray82606 ай бұрын

    Remember ITN Starting like that and the bongs of big Ben

  • @garrysimpson1395
    @garrysimpson13954 ай бұрын

    Ah. Reggie. We still miss you after all these years!

  • @sabbathrbest2655
    @sabbathrbest2655 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder how drunk Reginald Bosanquet was here 😂

  • @meeeka
    @meeeka Жыл бұрын

    How the London accent has changed so in 50 years! But with this, the nice lady with the hanky has a proper accent; the way educated Londoners were expected to speak for decades. Remarkable!

  • @matthewsands7170

    @matthewsands7170

    10 ай бұрын

    I think the same. What a shame that’s not the case now!

  • @gargantuk

    @gargantuk

    10 ай бұрын

    This was not a 'normal' London accent even then - this is clearly some RP speaking deb who was driving down the Mall late-ish in the evening giving some indication of where she probably lived - basically a posho witnessing some aristos get murked innit

  • @neemtreebark
    @neemtreebark Жыл бұрын

    Her testimony in this video is contrary to another - which said Princess Anne's husband darted out of the vehicle and left her to fend for herself! Her security got her out of the car.

  • @Elise2010able
    @Elise2010able7 күн бұрын

    Is this woman still alive? I hope she was given a bravery medal or something.?This was all back when smoking was not a problem anywhere..

  • @jamesnicholson2503
    @jamesnicholson250311 ай бұрын

    People was nuts back in 82 then.Even worst now 2023.

  • @cynthiaalver
    @cynthiaalver6 ай бұрын

    I wonder who broke the news to Anne's parents. Tough job.

  • @alisoncooper1421

    @alisoncooper1421

    2 ай бұрын

    Probably Princess Anne herself.

  • @tarahudson9439
    @tarahudson9439 Жыл бұрын

    I wish I was alive when you could smoke everywhere 😭😭😭 cigarette & glass of brandy works wonders for the nervous system!

  • @jamesnicholson2503
    @jamesnicholson250310 ай бұрын

    70 minutes to get there,and that is Royal protection,my god!!

  • @joanne26
    @joanne26 Жыл бұрын

    I remember watching this on the news about Princess Anne Where have those years gone I suppose at the time it was the height of the troubles with the IRA Have things changed or got worse?? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @garrysimpson1395
    @garrysimpson13954 ай бұрын

    Only film abd Outside Broadcast Units in those days.

  • @jamesnicholson2503
    @jamesnicholson250311 ай бұрын

    Smoking in the ITN studio?? Never knew they could back in 82??

  • @der1777

    @der1777

    10 ай бұрын

    1974

  • @jamesnicholson2503

    @jamesnicholson2503

    10 ай бұрын

    @@der1777 1974?? Yes,but in the studio,i thought that would be no way allowed,but thank you.

  • @jamesnicholson2503
    @jamesnicholson250310 ай бұрын

    I,thought this was the news reader Selena Scott.

  • @jamesnicholson2503
    @jamesnicholson250311 ай бұрын

    No,all windows ' should be bullet proof.

  • @brucefraser8583
    @brucefraser8583 Жыл бұрын

    SALUTE WITH HONOURS 🎖

  • @olamideogundipe9282
    @olamideogundipe9282 Жыл бұрын

    No weapon fashioned against any of the Royals shall prosper. Glad they were not hurt. Pray for speedy healing of the injured bodyguard and the other stranger. Amen🙏

  • @janetannerevans2320

    @janetannerevans2320

    Жыл бұрын

    this happened almost 50 years ago.

  • @dominewimbury2039

    @dominewimbury2039

    Жыл бұрын

    This hasn't happened now! Fifty years ago next year 😂

  • @GodisMyNo1
    @GodisMyNo1 Жыл бұрын

    Princess Anne is the true People's princess. She is tough, no nonsense, no drama. Nothing like attention seeker/sympathy seeker Saint Diana

  • @jamesmitchell8922
    @jamesmitchell8922 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do the ITV News at Nine of 21 March 2003 when the Iraq invasion occurred?

  • @jamesnicholson2503
    @jamesnicholson250311 ай бұрын

    Thought the cars' was bullet proof?

  • @nadiavoun7137
    @nadiavoun7137 Жыл бұрын

    1974!! Isn't it time to Not re-run this old news.

  • @jennifermaharaj3551

    @jennifermaharaj3551

    Жыл бұрын

    ITN Archives,I remember this on delayed news,in small countries,no internet,no YT,it is good to know,to some people.I have the choice,to watch,or,not to watch.Peace on earth.

  • @dodomein

    @dodomein

    Жыл бұрын

    No, it‘s a piece of history. That's why there is a headline, so you can decide if you want to see this“news“. For me, these are treasures.

  • @deonwalker6270

    @deonwalker6270

    Жыл бұрын

    It's called preservation.

  • @westminsterwatcher5152

    @westminsterwatcher5152

    Жыл бұрын

    It's archival footage. What did you expect?

  • @jennifermaharaj3551

    @jennifermaharaj3551

    Жыл бұрын

    This one sentence is ignorance of HISTORY.