Bean was on The Mall when Queen Victoria was passing on her way from Buckingham Palace to the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. For three days he moved around Buckingham Palace, waiting for an opportunity to unload his pistol at the Queen. Slowly but surely, Bean began to form a plan.Ī few weeks later, Bean sold off his meagre collection of books, including his Bible, and with the money, bought an old and rusty pocket flintlock from a neighbor. The more Bean read about Oxford and his apparent luxuries, the more he began to detest his own wretched existence. He played chess and learned a variety of languages such as French, German, Italian, Greek and Latin. Edward was arrested and sent to the State Criminal Lunatic Asylum in Bethlem, where he stayed for 24 years, occupying himself with drawing, reading and learning to play the violin. One day, Bean came across a series of news article on Edward Oxford, who had tried to assassinate Queen Victoria. The hours were short and his employer even allowed him to read in the afternoon the papers he was selling. Bean then began working for a news vendor. Bean sought easier occupations, but his apprenticeships with a cheesemonger and at Her Majesty's Stationery Office also resulted in failures. John William encouraged his son to join him as an apprentice, but Bean was not able to keep up due to his physical disabilities. His face was marred by scars and his eyes sunk into the abyss of his head.īean was born in 1824 in Holborn, Middlesex, the son of John William, a jeweler and metalsmith. He walked with a twisted gait, lurching his whole body in the direction of the conspicuous hump over his right shoulder. His arms were atrophied and his hands were as small as those of a young child. Tuberculosis had devastated his spine leaving him hunched and dwarfed, no taller than four feet. John William Bean was a real person, and unlike the delightful character played by Rowan Atkinson, the Victorian Mr.Bean was repulsive. Bean attempted on Queen Victoria’s life and suffered a different fate. Bean came to killing the Queen was when he headbutted the head of the British Royal family.
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