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ITN/5/39/38
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King Edward VIII assassination attempt
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- July 1936 (Creation)
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(1955 - present)
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Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips were both unhurt in last night's kidnap attempt by an armed gunman in The Mall, but four other people were shot and wounded. Attacks on members of the Royal Family have been rare, and until 1936 no attacks had been attempted for more than 30 years. It was in July 1936 the King Edward VIII escaped unhurt when a man in the crowd near Wellington Arch produced a revolver. The man, Patrick McMahon, was immediately disarmed, and is pictured here after his arrest
Broadcast Date: 21 March 1974
ITN Reference: ROYAL/WIND/37
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