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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II had a narrow escape during a late night walk in her palace gardens when one of her guardsmen “nearly shot” her thinking it was an intruder, a media report claimed .
The 90-year-old monarch was known for her fondness of long walks in the garden in the past and often when she struggled to sleep she decided to take a stroll.
However, on one occasion, a former guardsman revealed how he was caught unawares at 3 am at Buckingham Palace in London.
“Bloody hell, Your Majesty, I nearly shot you,” the anonymous guard is reported to have said.
According to ‘The Times’ diary column, the Queen replied in her well-known witty vein: “That’s quite all right.”
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