Report: Queen Elizabeth nearly shot by Buckingham Palace guard

Thursday, January 5, 2017
LONDON (WLS) -- It was a close call for Queen Elizabeth. She nearly got herself killed on an early morning stroll, a magazine is reporting.

People Magazine reports that Her Majesty was walking around the Buckingham Palace grounds when a guardsman on patrol saw a figure in the darkness.
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Thinking he spotted an intruder, the Times said he called out, "Who's that?"

To his surprise it was the Queen and he blurted out that he nearly shot her.
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Her Majesty reportedly replied, "That's quite all right. Next time I'll ring through beforehand so you don't have to shoot me."
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