By & by Natalie Finn | Wed., 4 Dec. 2019 9:40 AM Share Tweet Email Tim Graham/Getty Images On March 20, 1974, Princess Anne was almost kidnapped.The only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philipwas on her way to Buckingham Palace with her then-husband Mark Phillips after a film screening when their maroon Rolls Royce was waylaid on the Mall by a white Ford Escort.Anne’s Scotland Yard-issued bodyguard, Inspector James Beaton, got out of the car and was shot in the shoulder by Ian Ball, a 26-year-old unemployed laborer from north London. Beaton fired back once but then his gun jammed. Ball approached the Rolls and ordered Anne to get out—or he’d shoot.”Bloody likely,” the 23-year-old princess retorted. Photos Royal Scandals: The British and Beyond Ball ended up shooting chauffeur Alexander Callendar in the chest and Beaton, who managed to get back into the car to shield the royal couple, was hit again in the hand. Ball grabbed Anne by the arm and Phillips—”I was frightened, I won’t mind admitting it,” he later said—held onto her by the waist. Her dress was ripped down the back in the struggle. ”That was his most dangerous moment,” Anne quipped in an interview years later.Ball also shot Police Constable Michael Hills, the first…