Britain's Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat 40 years ago, ahead of a trip to the Bay Area, according to newly released documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat 40 years ago, ahead of a trip to the Bay Area, according to newly released documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
It continues:"This man additionally claimed that he was going to attempt to harm Queen Elizabeth and would do this either by dropping some object off the Golden Gate Bridge onto the Royal Yacht Britannia when it sails underneath, or would attempt to kill Queen Elizabeth when she visited Yosemite National Park."
The Queen's cousin, Louis Mountbatten, was assassinated by the Provisional IRA in 1979, using a bomb planted in his fishing boat. Three others died in the same explosion, including two children. Many of the Queen's trips to the US took place amid the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the documents reveal the FBI was closely monitoring as it prepared for royal visits over the years.
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