A closer look at recently declassified MI5 files on the intelligence failure surrounding the five "Cambrdige spies" ...
Newly declassified British documents show that Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her ...
Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade that Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy, newly declassified documents reveal.
Art historian Anthony Blunt was for decades Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, overseeing the official Royal Art Collection, and in 1964 admitted he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s. Papers ...
Documents reveal how the monarch was not told the full story about Anthony Blunt, a Soviet mole inside MI5 and member of the Cambridge spy ring, until nearly a decade after his confession ...
Art historian Anthony Blunt was for decades Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, overseeing the official Royal Art Collection, and in 1964 admitted he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s.
The late Queen was not formally told of the full scale of Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt’s treachery for almost a decade, according to newly published MI5 documents. A distinguished art historian ...
Newly released MI5 files reveal that, for nearly 10 years, the late monarch didn’t know that royal household member Anthony Blunt was actually a Soviet double agent. According to the BBC ...
The newly declassified papers tell how the Queen was left in the dark about the scale of the treachery of Anthony Blunt. He was allowed to continue in his role as the Surveyor of the Queen’s ...
In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, the surveyor of the Queen's pictures and distinguished art historian, finally confessed he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s. He was recruited while studying at ...
When the Queen was finally told the full story in the 1970s, she was characteristically unflappable - taking it "all very calmly and without surprise".