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The man accused of attempting to kidnap Princess Anne is free—and working to clear his name. Ian Ball was just 26 when he ...
Ian Ball, who attempted to kidnap Princess Anne for ransom in 1974, maintains his innocence in a new interview published in ...
Princess Anne is widely known as the hardest-working royal, but she also proved she has nerves of steel during a 1974 ...
Ian Ball, after 51 years of being referred to as the man who attempted to kidnap Princess Anne, is trying to change the ...
On March 20, 1974, a man attempted to abduct Princess Anne, injuring four people, including her chauffeur, Alex Callender, ...
News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard discusses the man who attempted to abduct Princess Anne more than 50 years ago. Ian Ball ...
The driver of the Escort, Ian Ball, jumped out of the vehicle and began firing shots from a pistol. James Beaton, who was Anne’s personal police officer at the time, was shot three times during ...
This chap, Ian Ball, the driver of the white car, came back towards the royal car," he recalled. "I got out of my seat, came up out behind the car. And he went bang bang, and he shot me in the chest.