Key takeaways:
- The FBI released documents detailing a potential threat to Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to the United States.
- The documents outline a serious threat made ahead of the Queen’s visit and safety concerns that came up in other visits the Queen made to the U.S.
- The documents show that the FBI was aware of the potential threat and was taking steps to ensure the Queen’s safety during her visit.
The FBI has released documents detailing a potential threat to Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 visit to the United States. The documents, which were posted publicly on the FBI’s website after a Freedom of Information Act request by NBC News, reveal that an unidentified San Francisco police officer received a tip about the potential plot to assassinate the queen on February 4, 1983, just a few weeks before the royal couple’s visit.
The documents, which span over 100 pages, outline a serious threat made ahead of the Queen’s visit and safety concerns that came up in other visits the Queen made to the U.S. CBS San Francisco reported that one document appears to detail a tip gathered around a month before the visit from San Francisco police regarding a phone call from “a man who claimed that his daughter had been killed in Northern Ireland by a rubber bullet.”
The Queen’s visit to the U.S. in 1983 was her first since 1979, when IRA paramilitaries opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland killed Louis Mountbatten, the last colonial governor of India and an uncle of Prince Philip, in a bomb attack.
The FBI documents do not reveal any further details about the potential threat to the Queen, and it is unclear if any action was taken in response to the tip. However, the documents do show that the FBI was aware of the potential threat and was taking steps to ensure the Queen’s safety during her visit.
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