Queen 'nearly shot' by Buckingham Palace guard
27th October 2019
An anecdote published in The
Times newspaper reveals that a former guardsman once came
close to shooting The Queen by accident, after believing the
monarch was an intruder. In the piece, the guard recalls that Her
Majesty enjoys late night walks, and often embarks upon them in the
middle of the night. On one occasion, a guardsman spotted a lone
figure at the perimeter of the Buckingham…

