I was there when Prince Charles was almost SHOT, I saw pile of bodies – it was terrifying, recalls royal legend

ROYAL legends person told however they saw a "pile of bodies" erstwhile the aboriginal King Charles was astir shot.

Prince Charles, arsenic helium was past known, was targeted by protester David Kang astatine an Australia Day speech successful Sydney successful 1994.

Kang, past 23, fired 2 blank shots from a starting pistol - but for a infinitesimal onlookers thought helium had tried to kill Charles.

Veteran Sun royal snapper Arthur Edwards recounted the "terrifying" onslaught astatine our archetypal ever Royal Exclusive show.

He was joined by erstwhile BBC royal analogous Jennie Bond - who shared her ain memories of the chilling scenes.

Arthur said: "I was walking backmost to commencement my excavation - erstwhile you assembled to instrumentality photographs of an event.

"I heard these 2 shots spell disconnected - I ran astir the beforehand and saw a heap of bodies.

"I thought, my God, Charles is nether that. I rushed up onto the signifier and this policeman threw maine close off."

But Arthur said helium glimpsed an unruffled Charles straightening his suit and cufflinks earlier the prince was bundled away.

Jennie added: "We'd each gone to get a transcript of an important code helium was going to marque aboriginal that night.

"It was a spot of a boring lawsuit helium was astatine and I thought I'd spell backmost to the edifice and commencement doing a piece.

"I realised I'd near my handbag backmost with the cameraman truthful I ran backmost to get it.

"Then BANG - I thought 'What's happening?' It was terrifying. I retrieve radical rushing and photographers falling over."

Kang planned the stunt arsenic a protestation against the attraction of desperate Cambodian refugees successful Australian detention camps.

He jumped a obstruction and ran onto the signifier - firing a changeable at Charles as the prince walked towards the lectern.

The 23-year-old fired different changeable earlier helium crashed into the lectern and was tackled to the crushed by cops.

Fifteen policemen and bodyguards piled onto Kang portion the unhurt Charles was pulled disconnected the stage.

Onlooker Ian Kiernan said Charles was "cool arsenic a cucumber" passim the stunt.

Charles's elder idiosyncratic extortion serviceman Superintendent Colin Trimming was praised for throwing himself successful beforehand of the prince.

OUT WITH A KANG

Kang was recovered blameworthy of threatening unlawful unit and sentenced to 500 hours of assemblage service.

He is present a palmy barrister successful Sydney and is joined with two children.

In a 2005 interview, helium said: "What happened 11 years agone was an highly traumatic experience.

"I person surely moved connected successful my beingness and present I person go a barrister present successful Sydney."

The brace spoke connected our archetypal Royal Exclusive Live show, which you tin ticker successful the subordinate supra and connected our YouTube channel.

The lawsuit was hosted connected Friday successful beforehand of a unrecorded assemblage of much than 100 peculiar guests.