In 1975 , the Walton 's Restaurant bombing occurred , in which two civilians were killed by a Provisional IRA bomb . In 1980 , the Iranian Embassy siege took place in Knightsbridge , lasting several days . It ended when the Special Air Service stormed the building , which was on live television . In 1983 , three Christmas shoppers and three Metropolitan Police officers were killed by an IRA car-bomb placed outside Harrods . In 1987 , the Knightsbridge Security Deposit centre was the target of a robbery , and the thieves left with a haul worth £ 60 million
Walton 's Restaurant bombing
Walton's Restaurant bombing
Knightsbridge