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Queen Elizabeth II Almost Shot Dead On Night Walk

She got quite a scare from this close call.

Queen Elizabeth II had a very close call at Buckingham Palace.

The Queen was on a late-night walk when a guardsman mistook her for an intruder, a journalist has revealed.

โ€œThe Queen is a fan of late-night walks. When she struggles to sleep she will sometimes put on a mac and walk around the palace grounds, an ex-guardsman told me,โ€ Grant Tucker wrote for the The Times.

โ€œOn one occasion he was patrolling inside the perimeter of the Palace walls at 3 a.m. when he spotted a figure in the darkness. Thinking that he had come across an intruder, he shouted: โ€˜Whoโ€™s that?โ€™ To his surprise it was the Queen.โ€

The unidentified guard said โ€œBloody hellโ€ before telling the Queen, 90, that he โ€œnearlyโ€ shot her.

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โ€œRealising that he had spoken out of turn, he waited for a dressing-down,โ€ Tucker continued. โ€œโ€˜Thatโ€™s quite all right,โ€™ Queen Elizabeth II replied. โ€˜Next time Iโ€™ll ring through beforehand so you donโ€™t have to shoot me.'โ€

The Queen has been sick of late with a โ€œheavy coldโ€, cancelling appearances at Christmas and New Yearโ€™s church services.

This article originally appeared on WHO Magazine

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