Plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II in U.S. revealed in FBI files
The assassination threat was made just over a month before Queen Elizabeth accompanied then-President Ronald Reagan on a tour of the West Coast, including a visit to his Santa Barbara ranch.
In a missive to Reagan after departing, the monarch wrote:"I realise that a tremendous amount of work was involved in the arrangements for our visit and I should be grateful if you would express our appreciation to everyone who worked so hard to ensure its success."and disruption, threats against the Queen continued during her trips to the U.S.
Internal memos regarding a trip to Maryland, in 1991 by the Queen, her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and then-President George H. W. Bush to attend a Baltimore Orioles baseball game revealed impending protests.
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