The has unsealed a trove of classified documents relating to visits to the US made by Queen Elizbeth II, revealing a potential assassination plot by Irish nationalist sympathisers.The documents, which show how authorities repeatedly braced for threats from supporters of the Provisional Irish Army (IRA), were revealed as a result of FOI requests submitted after the death of the Queen in September last year.The potential assassination threat was revealed the night before the late Queen was due to arrive in San Francisco in 1983 when a police officer warned federal agents about a potential attack.
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