Newly declassified MI5 files reveal Queen Elizabeth II kept in dark about Russian spy in palace
Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark about her art advisor being a Russian spy to avoid adding to her worries. Blunt confessed to spying for the Soviet Union in 1964 but kept his job and knighthood until his role was publicly revealed in 1979 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark about her art advisor being a Russian spy to avoid adding to her worries. Blunt confessed to spying for the Soviet Union in 1964 but kept his job and knighthood until his role was publicly revealed in 1979 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
