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 ...

Papers released by MI5 show that although Blunt confessed to them he had spied for the Russians during World War Two, the late queen herself was not officially told for nearly nine years.

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told details of her long-time ... The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday by Britain's ...

Newly-declassified files show the Queen was only told the full story a decade after the Cambridge don and royal courtier confessed he was a KGB spy.

Queen Elizabeth ... II was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to newly-released official files. In 1964, Sir ...

Elizabeth told Charteris that she recalled ... A passport photo of Captain Anthony Blunt, taken during WW2 when he was an officer in the Security Service The National Archives During the Second ...

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 ...

Queen Elizabeth II responded to the news that ... official documents show. In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, the surveyor of the Queen's pictures and distinguished art historian, finally confessed ...

A passage about Queen Elizabeth II’s reaction after learning Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy. PA Images via Getty Images Blunt’s role as a spy was publicly exposed by Prime Minister Margaret ...