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How a teenager tried shooting the Queen during her birthday parade

Marcus Sarjeant has since changed his name (Pictures: PA/Getty) It’s been almost three years since Queen Elizabeth died peacefully aged 96. But she had a close brush with death 41 years earlier. During the Trooping the Colour parade in June 1981, a teenager fired six blank shots at the Queen as she rode her horse down The Mall. The incident made headlines around the world, with the Queen visibly shaken as her horse, Burmese, was spooked by the gunfire. The … Continue reading “How a teenager tried shooting the Queen during her birthday parade”