Potential IRA plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the US in 1983 revealed in FBI records release
US president Ronald Reagan laughs following a joke by Queen Elizabeth II at the De Young Museum in San Francisco during her visit in 1982. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images
Bevan HurleyUK Independent
The FBI have revealed the existence of a possible IRA plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth during a visit to the United States in 1983.
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