Netflix’s remarkable seriesThe Crownfollows the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and her family.
Here’s what happened next.
He was an unemployed laborer, per theEvening Standard, with a history of mental health struggles.
He planned on kidnapping the princess and holding her ransom for 3 million.
Years later, in theITV documentary,Anne, the princess recalled what happened.
“We had a discussion about where or where not we were going to go…
I said I didn’t think I wanted to go,” Princess Anne said.
“I was scrupulously polite because I thought it would be silly to be too rude at that stage.
(via theEvening Standard.)
Others said that Anne told Ball it was “not bloody likely” that she was going with him.
As police began to gather, Anne told Ball to run for the park saying, “Go on.
Now’s your chance.”
He tried but was captured immediately.
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