{"id":2400607,"date":"2026-05-03T22:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2400607"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:06:40","slug":"royal-family-recap-meghan-markles-plot-to-prove-shes-not-a-villian-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royal-family-recap-meghan-markles-plot-to-prove-shes-not-a-villian-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Family RECAP: Meghan Markle&#8217;s plot to &#8216;prove she&#8217;s not a villian&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>King Charles was shot at twice with blank rounds during a speech in Australia in 1994, he was remarkably unfazed \u2013 glancing down to check his cufflinks. It was through this moment that he earnt the nickname &#8220;Prince of Coolness&#8221;. <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2201063\/king-charles-shot-twice-1994#\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">King Charles<\/a> had only just completed a state visit to the US, which got under way just two days after the shooting at the White House Correspondents&#8217; dinner.<\/p>\n<p>While it might have given the monarch pause for thought before boarding a plane bound for Washington D.C. in light of recent events, it&#8217;s worth noting that <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/garden\/2199578\/i-was-king-charles-gardener\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">Charles<\/a> has previously found himself staring down the barrel of a gun \u2014 and he may well be made of sterner stuff than many realise.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1994, the then-Prince <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/king-charles\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">Charles<\/a> was in Australia and <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2201063\/king-charles-shot-twice-1994\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">preparing to deliver a speech when a young man<\/a>, later identified as David Kang, 23, approached him brandishing a starter pistol and fired at the prince twice \u2014 fortunately, both shots were blanks.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, Charles didn&#8217;t so much as flinch. Instead, he calmly glanced down to straighten his cufflinks, swiftly earning him the nickname The Prince of Coolness. Footage of the incident is available to view on <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/instagram\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">Instagram<\/a> for those curious enough to look.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles was shot at twice with blank rounds during a speech in Australia in 1994, he was remarkably unfazed \u2013 glancing down to check his cufflinks. It was through this moment that he earnt the nickname &#8220;Prince of Coolness&#8221;. 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