Assassination Attempts in Constitution Hill

The road Constitution Hill in London, England, is close to the Buckingham Palace Gardens. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert would often ride through it in a carriage. Three of the seven assassination attempts against Victoria occurred here: Edward Oxford, John Francis, and William Hamilton shot at Queen Victoria in her carriage in 1840, 1842, and 1849, respectively. They all occurred very similarly, with each man firing at her carriage, failing to injure her or anyone else, and then getting swiftly captured and incarcerated afterward.

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