3 days ago · Queen Elizabeth was kept in the dark for nine years that a spy was in her midst. Northeastern historians unpack what happened. Newly-released top-secret documents show one of the former monarch’s courtiers had admitted to spying for the Soviet Union in 1964 but that Elizabeth II was not told for almost a decade.

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd made a state visit to Russia from 17 to 20 October 1994, hosted by the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.

Blunt confessed in 1964 to spying for the Soviet Union as part of the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring during World War II, but the queen would only be told the full story in 1973 — responding ...

Jan 15, 2025 · 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 worries, newly declassified documents reveal.

Jan 14, 2025 · Queen Elizabeth II was not told for almost a decade that a long-serving royal art historian had confessed to being a Soviet spy, according to newly declassified documents.

Jan 14, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 14, 2025 · London: 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 worries, newly declassified documents reveal. The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released by Britain’s National Archives.

Jan 14, 2025 · Documents newly declassified by MI5, Britain's internal intelligence agency, show the late Queen Elizabeth II was not informed for almost 10 years that a member of her staff had spied for the...

Jan 13, 2025 · LONDON (AP) — 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 worries, newly declassified...

Jan 14, 2025 · London: Newly declassified documents reveal that Queen Elizabeth II was not informed about the double life of her long-time art adviser, who was a Soviet spy, as palace officials sought to avoid adding to her worries.