Prince Charles 'hasn't kept his side of the deal' says expert

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Royal authors Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac claimed police intelligence learned of the plot by Manchester University students “almost worthy of professional kidnappers”. In an extract from the book, the authors claimed that, when Charles was studying at Cambridge, his Special Branch guards would follow him in a “rather beaten-up Land Rover at a respectful distance”.

Published on Mail Online, the authors wrote: “But their biggest worry was young women, and this became a particular problem in the Rag Week of 1968 — an annual, anarchic event when students dressed up in silly clothes and played pranks to raise money for charity.

“According to Michael Varney, the Prince’s personal bodyguard, events ‘came within a hairsbreadth’ of disaster.

“Varney learnt through police intelligence that a group of female Manchester University students, ‘all Women’s Libbers of the most strident kind’, planned to raid Trinity, kidnap Charles and hold him to ransom.

“Worse still, ‘a fifth column’ existed inside Cambridge since the team from Manchester had eager and willing accomplices from the women of Girton College.

“Together, they were keen to pull off ‘their coup’ without ‘any male assistance whatsoever’.”

The authors added how the Manchester group had hired a “getaway car” and arranged a safe house for their apparent target.

Police were said to have referred to the group as a “squad of Amazons” who were ready to “cart Prince Charles off bodily”.

The new claims have been made in The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana.

This is not the first time a member of the Royal Family has been targeted in a kidnapping attempt.

In 1974, Princess Anne and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, were victims of a kidnapping attempt against the Queen’s only daughter.

Anne, her husband and her security were driving down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace on their way back from a charity event.

The couple’s marriage was still in its infancy, after their wedding in 1973.

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They were forced to stop when a black Ford Escort came to a halt in front of them.

The driver of the Escort, Ian Ball, jumped from the car and began firing his pistol at them.

In an attempt to save the Princess, her security officer, Inspector James Beaton, leapt into action, getting out of the car and firing at Ball to disarm him.

However, the bullets never came. His firearm had jammed. Ball shot Insp Beaton.

Next Ball shot Anne’s chauffeur Alex Callender.

Brian McConnell, a tabloid journalist following the Royal couple, came to the rescue – but was shot in the chest.

It is believed that Ball intended to ransom the Princess for between £2 million and £3 million, which he claims he was going to donate to the National Health Service.

In the midst of the chaos, Anne replied “not bloody likely” and exited out of the side of the door with her lady-in-waiting, Rowena Brassey.

The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana is authored by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac and will be published by Atlantic on October 7.

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