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 not officially told for years about Palace spy, MI5 papers reveal
Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for almost a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had confessed to being a Soviet spy, according to newly released MI5 files.
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.
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.
Elizabeth II kept in dark over Palace traitor Anthony Blunt
Newly-declassified files show the Queen was only told the full story a decade after royal courtier confessed to spying for the KGB.
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".
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace, declassified MI5 files show
Declassified files reveal Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark about art adviser Anthony Blunt's double life as a spy.
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 ...
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 ...