On October 14, 1981, a 17-year-old New Zealander named Christopher John Lewis aimed his .22 caliber rifle at Queen Elizabeth II during her royal visit to Dunedin, New Zealand. Hidden inside a toilet cubicle on the fifth floor of a building, Lewis fired a single shot that missed the Queen and went largely unnoticed, an…
As Channel 4 airs a new documentary about Princess Anne's kidnap attempt, read about the other terrifying situations the royals have avoided over the decades.