Declassified MI5 files reveal Queen Elizabeth unaware royal art curator Anthony Blunt had spied for Russia
The secret files record how the country's security services only told her about the infamous Cambridge Five member and art historian, Anthony Blunt, who was employed as the monarch's surveyor of official pictures, in 1973 long after he had admitted being a ...
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace for nearly 10 years, MI5 files reveal
Anthony Blunt, who worked at Buckingham Palace as Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, was secretly a Soviet spy during WWII.
Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for years about a Soviet spy in the palace
Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade that Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy, newly declassified documents reveal.
Queen kept in dark over Palace traitor for years
Anthony Blunt, an art historian and the Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures overseeing the official Royal Art Collection, confessed in 1964 that he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s.
Queen Was Not Told Aide Was Soviet Spy For Years, UK Records Show
Queen Elizabeth II was not told officially for nearly a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had admitted he was a Soviet spy, newly declassified British files revealed Tuesday.
Queen kept in dark over palace traitor Anthony Blunt, declassified documents reveal
When the Queen was finally told the full story in the 1970s, she was characteristically unflappable - taking it "all very calmly and without surprise".
Elizabeth II left in the dark over Anthony Blunt, newly released files reveal
QUEEN ELIZABETH II was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the actions of one of her most senior courtiers, according to newly released official files. 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.
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace, declassified MI5 files show
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 worries.
Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for years about a Soviet spy in the palace, declassified files reveal
Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade that Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy, newly declassified documents reveal.
Declassified files reveal new details about notorious British spies — and how Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark
Members of the spy ring in the 1930s spilled secrets to the Soviet Union from the heart of the U.K. intelligence establishment.
Late queen was not officially told art surveyor was Soviet spy for years
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 t
The Queen, the spy and the decade-long conspiracy of silence
For decades, one question has lingered – when was the Queen told about Blunt’s betrayal? New evidence offers some answers ...
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Cambridge spy Blunt feared violence from his KGB controller
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Amazing secret papers reveal how late Queen was kept in dark for 10 years about Russian spy infiltrating royal household
QUEEN Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for a decade about a Russian spy who infiltrated her household and was one of her ...
Late Queen was not told that Anthony Blunt was Cambridge spy for a decade
MI5 documents reveal her private secretary ‘saw no advantage in telling her’ about treachery of Buckingham Palace art expert ...