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A special report has revealed how New Zealand covered up an almost successful attempt on the life of Queen Elizabeth II.
According to the Daily Mail report yesterday, the Queen nearly died from an assassin’s bullet during a state visit to New Zealand.
The assassin who allegedly struck in 1981, reportedly fired a shot that missed the Queen’s head narrowly.
The report is based on accounts from an attorney and member of law enforcement. Information on the Queen of England’s assassination attempt has supposedly been kept under wraps until now.
Sources say the government of New Zealand hatched plans to bury the details of the shooting over threats of global embarrassment.
Queen Elizabeth attended a parade in her honor during a trip to the country decades ago. While she waved to throngs of people gathered at the reception, Christopher John Lewis, 17 years old at the time, aimed his.22-caliber rifle at the British monarch and fired as she exited a limousine. The Stuff website hosts a five-part series on the life of Lewis’ life titled, The Snowman and The Queen.
Luckily the South Island native with strawberry blonde hair missed his intended target; the errant shot went past her head. The crowd was momentarily distracted by the sound, but otherwise unaware that an attempt on Queen Elizabeth’s life had just taken place. Later, police said the sound of “gunfire” was merely a firecracker.
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