did Australians try to kill H.M. the Queen?

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28889514/?GT1=43001

No way.

I don't believe it.

If it's true, it's appalling.

Did Australians try to kill U.K. queen in crash?

Ex-cop claims log was deliberately placed across train tracks during '70 visit

SYDNEY, Australia - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II narrowly escaped disaster in 1970 when a large wooden log was placed on a railroad track in an apparent attempt to derail her train as she traveled across Australia, a retired detective said Wednesday.

Former New South Wales state Detective Superintendent Cliff McHardy, 81, said the Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, were traveling through the Blue Mountains on April 29, 1970, when their train struck the log, which became stuck under the front wheels.

But the locomotive was not moving fast enough to become derailed, sliding about 200 yards  before coming to a stop, said McHardy, who investigated the incident at the time.....