We crashed in blasting live bullets. Scared Diana hid her head in her hands.

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Brave Princess Diana joined the SAS in a live ammo battle - and nearly went up in flames when her hair caught fire.Diana had insisted on joining the elite regiment - motto, Who Dares Wins - when they stormed a building at their Hereford headquarters.As the troopers lobbed "flash-bang" stun grenades a stray spark landed in the princess's blonde locks, sending smoke rising into the air.Diana - still shaken by crashing a Range-Rover into a wall during a mock assault - screamed in terror to Prince Charles at her side: "Oh, Charles, my hair! My hair!"It was several seconds before anyone realised the danger. Then an SAS man raced forward to brush the singed tresses and lead the princess to safety.The drama came when Diana and Charles visited the SAS before the break- up of their marriage. It was no ordinary visit. The royal couple were there to play the deadly serious role of hostages being rescued by troopers firing live bullets.But before they braved the squad's 9mm Koch and Heckler sub-machine guns they joined an assault on an "embassy" under siege.A trooper who took part told the Mirror: "Diana had asked to drive a Range-Rover being used in the exercise."At one point, she failed to brake in time and hit a wall which sent her shooting forward in her seat."By now, we were all around her hurling flash-bangs which we use to disorientate terrorists."The princess had been warned to keep her driver's window up for protection. But she left it down, and a burning 'whistler' from a flash- bang landed in her hair which started smoking."She started to beat the fire out. Then one of the lads realised what had happened, and went to help her."Diana seemed to go into shock. An officer put his arm round her to comfort her and she was taken to a quiet room to recover."It was quite a shock for all of us when we realised how close we had come to setting fire to her."As the visit was secret, Diana got her lady-in-waiting to trim her hair back into shape before she left so no-one would realise what had happened. The next day, everyone assumed she was trying out a new hairstyle."Charles, at the controls of a helicopter ferrying SAS men, also had his moment of fear.A trooper said: "As we approached the siege area, a dummy dressed in black was thrown out of the chopper to simulate the first of the assault team landing on target."But Charles had been told nothing about it, and thought one of the men had fallen out."He shouted to the co-pilot 'Take the controls! - I've lost somebody!'"He calmed down when he realised no-one was hurt."Charles and Diana joined the SAS heroes for tea and coffee after the dramatic exercise.Then came the real ordeal. They were taken to the regiment's "Killing House," a unique building where troopers simulate the rescue of hostages by killing dummy terrorists using live ammunition.The exercise was staged to school the royals in what would happen if they were ever seized by terrorists - and how to react when the SAS moved in. Charles and Diana sat at a table with two men telling them what to do. They were surrounded by cut-outs of figures of gunmen.Suddenly, their four "rescuers" burst in. Diana buried her head in her hands as the men opened up and live bullets whistled round the room.Charles looked bewildered at the explosion of noise and action.Our picture on the following page catches the dramatic moment.Afterwards, a senior SAS officer promised Charles: "If you or any member of your family is taken by terrorists, we'll come and get you."You are our next King, and we'll never let you down - we'll find you wherever you are."Another SAS man who took part in the operation said: "The prince and princess behaved brilliantly."They were told that if ever they were taken hostage, it was vital they should know how to react when we come for them."The last thing we want is for a hostage to panic. He or she could run into the line of fire. The prince and princess were told either to remain still, or hit the floor."When the four of us burst in, we moved to our positions and took out a terrorist target each. The noise is deafening for anyone not used to it."But Charles and Diana behaved exactly as they should. The princess found the noise startling, but she stayed in her seat. And the prince was totally calm."You only have to remember when a gunman ran at Charles in Australia two years ago."The man was firing blanks. But the prince didn't know that, stood perfectly still and kept cool.That's exactly how we need hostages to behave when we go in."Before taking part in the rescue, joking Charles signed a typed letter which still hangs in the mess at Hereford.It reads: "Should this demonstration go wrong I, the undersigned Prince of Wales, will not commit B Squadron 22 Special Air Service Regiment to the Tower of London. Charles."Later, the SAS gave the couple two of their black assault suits.But instead of the suits carrying the regiment's winged dagger and motto, they were marked "His" and "Hers." As she left, Diana said: "I'm glad they're on our side."