In March 1974, Princess Anne was almost killed by Ian Ball, a man with a mental disease. He stopped the Princess’s limo that was going back to the Buckingham Palace and started shooting at the car. 3 people were injured in the shootout. Jim Beaton, the bodyguard of the Princess was shot 3 times.

Anne and her husband were miraculously unharmed. Not a single bullet hit them. Ian Ball was charged with attempted murder to the Princess’s bodyguard.