Queen Elizabeth Survives Sword-Slinging Assassin

Queen Elizabeth survived a brazen assassination attempt at Buckingham Palace when guards captured a sword-swinging killer determined to end her historic reign BEFORE she abdicates at year’s end!

Amazingly, the 91-year-old queen — Britain’s longest-ruling monarch — shrugged off the threat, though palace sources indicate the determined 26-year-old would-be murderer was “very close to carrying out his mission.” He was taken down after slashing two lawmen with his blade.

Now sources in Britain’s intelligence services fear the failed assassin was dispatched by powerful forces who want to put Elizabeth’s son, Charles, on the throne sooner rather than later. As The National ENQUIRER recently reported, the monarch just named her oldest child king after promising the crown to her grandson William and his wife, Kate.

“Charles’ supporters are tired of waiting for Elizabeth to die,” said the intelligence source. “They fear Her Majesty will again remove Charles from succession and anoint her young grandson and his wife as the next king and queen. These people have a lot to gain financially when Charles becomes king. They want him crowned now and they’re willing to stoop to murder to achieve their ends.”

Palace security was lucky to stop the attack at the outskirts of the palace grounds. “If he’d gotten inside, he would have been able to find the queen,” said an informant. "Officially, police are treating this as a terrorist attack." But whispers among the power elite say this was a coup attempt to overthrow Elizabeth and crown Charles and his ruthless wife, Camilla, immediately!