Princess Andre suffers a traumatic flashback on Celebrity Race Across The World as she recalls being held at gunpoint during terrifying carjacking when she was a child

Princess Andre suffered a traumatic flashback on Celebrity Race Across The World as she recalled being held at gunpoint during a terrifying carjacking when she was a child.

The influencer, 19, and her brother, Junior, 21, are tasked with getting from Borneo all the way to the final checkpoint in Melbourne, Australia with little money.

During Wednesday's episode, the celebrity teams were racing to the next checkpoint on the other side of Borneo.

Princess and Junior decided to take a shared taxi for one stretch, with the vehicle suddenly pulling over at the side of the road and the driver getting out.

The moment appeared to trigger Princess back to the flashpoint where she, Junior and mum Katie Price were part of a terrifying carjacking that took place in South Africa in 2018.

At that time, six men held the family at gunpoint before sexually assaulting Katie as her children remained terrified nearby.

Princess Andre suffered a traumatic flashback on Celebrity Race Across The World as she recalled being held at gunpoint during a terrifying carjacking when she was a child

The influencer, 19, and her brother, Junior, 21, are tasked with getting from Borneo all the way to the final checkpoint in Melbourne, Australia with little money

In the latest episode of the BBC competition show, Princess began to panic before Junior tried to calm her down.

Princess explained: 'I don't know, I think it's the quick movements, getting out of the car, walking around in the dark, coz that's what happened to us in the hijack.'

Junior acknowledged that it was 'post-traumatic stress' before Princess spoke to the camera to recall the horrific event.

She said: 'I was actually 10 at the time, Junior was 12 and we stopped off at a petrol station and two minutes later there was six guys on our car.

'They had a baseball bat and they just start hitting the windows trying to smash them open, and I remember my mum was sat there with a pillow like this [up in front of her at window] waiting for it to break.

'They were like 'give me your kids, give me your kids or we'll shoot you'. Me and Junior were in the back seat and we were bawling our eyes out.

'Honestly, I actually did think I was going to die. I can literally still picture it all, like it happened yesterday.'

The taxi then set back off again, with Princess telling Junior that it was 'just really, really traumatic'.

Princess and Junior decided to take a shared taxi for one stretch, with the vehicle suddenly pulling over at the side of the road and the driver getting out

The moment appeared to trigger Princess back to the flashpoint where she, Junior and mum Katie Price were part of a terrifying carjacking that took place in South Africa in 2018

Recalling the horrific event. She said: 'I was actually 10 at the time, Junior was 12 and we stopped off at a petrol station and two minutes later there was six guys on our car. They had a baseball bat and they just start hitting the windows trying to smash them open, and I remember my mum was sat there with a pillow like this [up in front of her at window] waiting for it to break.'

Later in the epsiode, Junior said that he had dealt with the carjacking in different ways

In a documentary back in 2022, Katie revealed she was raped during the carjacking, with the tragic events leading to her breakdown (pictured Katie, Junior and Princess in 2017)

She continued: 'My immediate thought was, they're going to pull out weapons…I thought I was over it to be honest. Actually my heart was like…I almost couldn't breathe, I was really scared.'

Junior gave Princess a hug before, later in the episode he opened up about how the event affected him. 

In a piece to camera, he said they had dealt with the carjacking in different ways.

He said: 'I felt like it made me stronger as a person, I didn't want to run away from it, but for Princess, it affected her for years.'

In a documentary back in 2022, Katie revealed she was raped during the carjacking, with the tragic events leading to her breakdown.

She previously told the Daily Mail: 'The experience when I was filming with ITV in South Africa, we had no security, if we had security they would have been able to deal with the six guys that jumped us, held me at gunpoint and raped me.'

Katie also recounted that night while appearing on Celebrity SAS in 2023, telling: 'I was in South Africa and Junior wanted a wee, so we all got out and next thing we know six guys pulled up in a car, guns, telling us to get in the car, robbed us, hit us. 

'It was like a bad dream, just waiting to be shot and killed.'