Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for a long time about a major scandal during her reign. Newly released MI5 files reveal that, for nearly 10 years, the late monarch didn’t know that royal ...

14 (UPI) --Documents newly declassified by MI5, Britain's internal intelligence agency ... only told her about the infamous Cambridge Five member and art historian, Anthony Blunt, who was employed as ...

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 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. Art historian ...

A closer look at recently declassified MI5 files on the intelligence failure surrounding the five "Cambrdige spies" ...

according to newly released MI5 files. 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 ...

New archival material released in the UK have revealed some unexpected details about one of the biggest spy scandals ...

MI5 and the Edward Heath government were terrified ... A passport photo of Captain Anthony Blunt, taken during WW2 when he was an officer in the Security Service The National Archives During ...

When the Queen was finally told the full story in the 1970s, she was characteristically unflappable - taking it "all very calmly and without surprise".

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 ...

Getty Images Anthony Blunt, is pictured with a painting by Velazquez, in 1962 Despite Blunt's prominent position, few outside MI5 were told of this confession. The home secretary and his most ...

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 ...