‘I watched attempt to shoot King Charles and it was terrifying’
Two royal experts were in Australia at an event with King Charles, who was a prince at the time, when he got "shot" at by a member of the public.
Two royal experts have spoken publicly about the day King Charles was shot at in Sydney, Australia, as they said they saw a “pile of bodies” close to them.
The King, who was Prince Charles at the time, was targeted by protester David Kang at an Australia Day speech in Sydney in 1994.
According to The Sun, Kang, who was 23 at the time, fired two blank shots from a starting pistol towards the King, creating a stir of panic.
Royal photographer Arthur Edwards described the “terrifying” attack at The Sun’s first ever Royal Exclusive show.
Arthur said: “I was walking back to start my pool – when you assembled to take photographs of an event.
“I heard these two shots go off – I ran around the front and saw a pile of bodies.
“I thought, my God, Charles is under that. I rushed up onto the stage and this policeman threw me right off.”
Arthur said he also later glimpsed an unruffled Charles straightening his suit and cufflinks before he was quickly escorted away from the scene.
Jennie Bond, a former royal correspondent for the BBC, who was also there at the time, said: “We’d all gone to get a transcript of an important speech he was going to make later that night.
