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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 late Queen’s pictures and distinguished art historian, finally confessed he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s. He had been recruited when he ...
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 ...
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 having been recruited, when he was ...
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 ...