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Queen's life was under threat during US visits: FBI documents

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May 27, 2023

Newly released FBI files being reported by UK media show the US security authorities were concerned about “everpresent” threats to the late Queen Elizabeth II by the militant Irish Republican Army (IRA) during visits to America.

Queen's life was under threat during US visits: FBI documents

A memo warning US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in Boston and New York to remain “alert for any threats” ahead of a 1989 visit to the east coast of the country was among 102 pages of records released about the Queen who passed away aged 96 last September.

Other details include a police tip-off about a threat from an IRA sympathiser who wanted revenge for the death of his daughter.

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