MI5 reveals confessions of three members of infamous Cambridge Five spy ring as tranche of documents released into National Archives

In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, the surveyor of the late Queen ... The tale is revealed in declassified MI5 files released to The National Archives in Kew, West London. The decision to finally ...

Newly released MI5 documents have revealed that Queen Elizabeth II was not formally briefed about the full extent of royal art surveyor Anthony Blunt's Soviet spy activities until 1973, nearly a decade after his confession.

Anthony Blunt, until 1973—a staggering nine years after his confession. The records, released by the National Archives, reveal that palace officials deliberately delayed telling the monarch ...

In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, the surveyor of the Queen ... according to declassified MI5 files released to the National Archives in Kew, west London. Anthony Blunt after he was publicly unmasked ...

The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday by Britain’s National Archives.

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 ...

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

QUEEN ELIZABETH II was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the actions of one of her most senior courtiers, according to newly released official files. 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.

Recently released MI5 files reveal confessions from Britain's notorious double agents, including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, who spied for the Soviets. These declassified documents, made public by the National Archives,