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  5. MI5 files reveal Queen Elizabeth II remained unaware of Soviet spy's presence in her palace for nearly a decade

MI5 files reveal Queen Elizabeth II remained unaware of Soviet spy's presence in her palace for nearly a decade

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Anthony Blunt, a former surveyor of the Queen's pictures, was a Soviet double agent who passed secret information to Russia's KGB spy agency. He had been under suspicion for years before confessing in 1964. According to declassified MI5 files, Blunt felt "profound relief" after unburdening himself. The files also reveal that the Queen was unaware of Blunt's security record in December 1971, despite him having confessed to being a Soviet double agent.

  1. GB
    Michael Hanley
    MI5
    1. Charteris thought that the queen did not know and he saw no advantage in telling her about it now; it would only add to her worries.

sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.Sunday Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.British Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Scandal
  4. 4.Espionage
  5. 5.British Monarchy
  6. 6.Russia-UK Relations

countries

  1. 1.United KingdomGB
  2. 2.Russian FederationRU
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.MI5
  2. 2.MI6
  3. 3.British Foreign OfficeGB
  4. 4.British Home Office
  5. 5.Courtauld Institute for Art
  6. 6.Intelligence and Security Committee
  7. 7.University of Cambridge
  8. 8.Buckingham PalaceGB
  9. 9.House of Commons
  10. 10.KGB
  11. 11.National Archives and Records Administration

persons

  1. 1.Anthony Blunt
  2. 2.Guy Burgess
  3. 3.Kim Philby
  4. 4.Margaret Thatcher
  5. 5.Donald Maclean
  6. 6.Michael HanleyGB
  7. 7.Christopher Andrew
  8. 8.John Cairncross
  9. 9.Michael Adeane
  10. 10.Queen Elizabeth IIGB
  11. 11.Alec Douglas-Home
  12. 12.Arthur Martin

technicals

  1. 1.Soviet Union
  2. 2.Queen
  3. 3.World War II
  4. 4.A Spy Among Friends