A shekara ta 1978, Sarauniyar ta jimre ziyarar da shugaban kwaminisanci na Romania, Nicolae Ceaușescu, da matarsa, Elena, suka yi a Burtaniya, duk da cewa a ɓoye ta yi tunanin cewa suna da "jini a hannunsu". A shekara mai zuwa ta kawo hare-hare biyu: daya shine bayyanar da Anthony Blunt, tsohon Surveyor na Hotunan Sarauniya, a matsayin ɗan leƙen asiri; ɗayan shine kisan gillar danginta da dangin dangi da rundunar sojojin Republican Republican na Irish suka yi.
Shekarar 1980