World Cup - Royal Intervention

When France scored a controversial 4th goal against Kuwait in World Cup 1982, no-one could have expected what happened next. 

The Kuwaitis were furious and claimed a whistle from the crowd had led them to believe that the referee had already stopped play. 

So outraged were they that the President of the Kuwait FA, Prince Fahid, rushed onto the field from his seat in the stand to protest. Incredibly, Prince Fahid's intervention worked and the Russian referee disallowed the goal! 

France eventually won the match 4-1, and the Kuwaitis were fined $12,000 for the incident!