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 kept in dark for years about Soviet spy in palace, MI5 files reveal
Anthony Blunt, a royal art historial, confessed in 1964 to spying for the Soviets, but the late queen was not officially told about his past until 1973. View on euronews
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.
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MI5 documents reveal her private secretary ‘saw no advantage in telling her’ about treachery of Buckingham Palace art expert
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 was not told of key details regarding Soviet spy in royal circles until nine years after his confession
Newly released MI5 documents have revealed that Queen Elizabeth II was not formally briefed about the full extent of royal art surveyor Anthony Blunt's Soviet spy activities until 1973, nearly a decade after his confession.
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 Elizabeth II wasn't told about Soviet spy in her palace, declassified MI5 files show
The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday by Britain's National Archives. They shed new light on a spy ring linked to ...
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
Elizabeth II ‘very calm’ when warned about Russian spy Anthony Blunt, newly released MI5 documents show
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