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 ...

Historian Christopher Andrew says in the official history of MI5 that the queen had previously been told about Blunt in "general terms."Blunt was publicly unmasked as a spy by Prime Minister ...

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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 ...

Rookie wartime MI5 "watchers" were advised they needed to be prepared to offer a big tip if they had to tell a taxi driver to "follow that cab" when pursuing a suspect, newly declassified ...

He also retained his job and knighthood for cooperation. In 1972, the Queen’s private secretary, Martin Charteris, told MI5 “the queen did not know and he saw no advantage in telling her about ...

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her longtime art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified ...

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 ...