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Threat to Queen Elizabeth during 1983 US trip detailed in FBI documents

The queen香蕉视频直播檚 West Coast visit with her husband, Prince Philip, included a stop in San Francisco in March 1983
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FILE - President Ronald Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II raise their glasses in a toast during a state dinner, March 3, 1983, at the M. H. de Young Museum in San Francisco香蕉视频直播檚 Golden Gate Park. Woman at right is unidentified. The FBI has disclosed a potential threat to the late Queen Elizabeth during her 1983 trip to the U.S. West Coast. The documents were released this last week of May, 2023, on the FBI香蕉视频直播檚 records website. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)

The FBI has disclosed a potential threat to Queen Elizabeth II during her 1983 trip to the United States.

The documents were released this week on the FBI香蕉视频直播檚 records website. Queen Elizabeth II after a 70-year reign.

The queen香蕉视频直播檚 West Coast visit with her husband, Prince Philip, included a stop in San Francisco in March 1983. The FBI said that a San Francisco police officer who frequented a bar popular with sympathizers of the Irish Republican Army had received a phone call in February 1983 from a man who claimed his daughter had been killed in Northern Ireland by a rubber bullet.

According to the documents, the man said he was going to 香蕉视频直播渁ttempt to harm Queen Elizabeth香蕉视频直播 by either dropping an object off the Golden Gate Bridge onto the queen香蕉视频直播檚 royal yacht or try to kill her during a visit to Yosemite National Park. The documents said the Secret Service intended to close the bridge香蕉视频直播檚 walkways as the yacht drew near.

The names of the officer and the caller were redacted in the documents, which did not indicate whether precautions were taken at Yosemite or whether any arrests were made. A March 7, 1983, memo indicated the queen completed the U.S. visit 香蕉视频直播渨ithout incident香蕉视频直播 and that 香蕉视频直播渘o further investigation is warranted.香蕉视频直播

The documents detailed other security concerns involving the queen香蕉视频直播檚 visits to various U.S. cities. When she attended a Baltimore Orioles game with President George H.W. Bush in May 1991, several dozen demonstrators in the park chanted slogans condemning Britain香蕉视频直播檚 policy in Northern Ireland.

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