Princess Anne’s attempted kidnapper has professed his innocence — saying he “was more scared” than the royal during the terrifying ordeal more than five decades ago. Ian Ball, the gunman who shot ...

The man accused of attempting to kidnap Princess Anne is free—and working to clear his name. Ian Ball was just 26 when he stalked the princess, ambushing her limousine on London’s Pall Mall and ...

Princess Anne is widely known as the hardest-working royal, but she also proved she has nerves of steel during a 1974 kidnapping attempt. “I kept saying I didn’t want to get out of the car, and I was ...

Ian Ball, the man who attempted to kidnap Princess Anne for ransom in 1974, claims he is an "innocent" man a new interview published in August 2025 The kidnapping was meant to be a "hoax," with Ball ...