A cache of newly released documents from the FBI’s files known as ‘The Vault’ has revealed a potential assassination plot of the late Queen Elizabeth II during a 1980s visit to the United States with her husband, the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The records, made publicly available on Tuesday, reveal intelligence gathered by federal agents concerning a threat to the Queen’s life made four decades ago.
The Queen and Prince Philip made an official visit to California in February and March of 1983. A call was made to the authorities, by an individual claiming that his daughter had been killed by a rubber bullet in Northern Ireland, and he sought retaliation against the British monarch.
The CAIN (Conflict and Politics In Northern Ireland) Archives from Ulster University list 17 individuals as being killed by plastic or rubber bullets during the conflict period known as The