The closest Mr. Bean came to killing the Queen waswhen he headbuttedthe head of the British Royal family.
The Queen was hurt but survived, and Mr. Bean managed to slip away.
But a hundred years ago, another Mr. Bean attempted on Queen Victorias life and suffered a different fate.
Tuberculosis had devastated his spine leaving him hunched and dwarfed, no taller than four feet.
His arms were atrophied and his hands were as small as those of a young child.
His face was marred by scars and his eyes sunk into the abyss of his head.
Bean then began working for a news vendor.
The job suited him.
Slowly but surely, Bean began to form a plan.
That opportunity came on 3 July 1842.
Bean elbowed his way to the front of the crowd, drew his gun and fired at the Queen.
However the gun misfired as it had been loaded with poor quality powder.
By the time Dasset managed to convince the cops, Bean had escaped.
That afternoon, the London police launched a manhunt.
Every hunchback who remotely matched the description of Bean was hauled to the police station for identification.
Before long, Bean was caught.
Bean claimed that he was tired of life and wished to be deported to Australia.
The police gave him the opportunity to bail but he refused.
Meanwhile Bean completed his sentence at the Millbank Prison, and when released became a newspaper seller and jeweller.
Bean would get married twice and had a son called Samuel in 1849.
He committed suicide in 1882 by consuming a large amount of opium.
