Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ian admitted to attempted kidnap and two attempted murders. He was held in a psychiatric hospital “without limit of time,” as per ...

Ian Ball, who attempted to kidnap Princess Anne more than five decades ago, injuring several people in the process, claims he is “innocent.” On March 20, 1974, Anne’s chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce was ...

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Ian Ball, who was released from a psychiatric hospital in 2019, maintains his innocence in a new interview Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty; Ian Ball, the man who attempted to kidnap ...

Ian Ball, the man who attempted to kidnap Princess Anne for ransom in 1974, claims he is an "innocent" man a new interview published in August 2025 The kidnapping was meant to be a "hoax," with Ball ...