Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade that Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy, newly declassified documents reveal.

Newly disclosed correspondence reveals a palace strategy to shield the Queen from the full truth, spearheaded by her private secretary, Sir Martin Charteris. In November 1972, MI5 Director-General ...

Documents newly declassified by MI5, Britain's internal intelligence agency, show the late Queen Elizabeth II was not ...

In February 1973, prime minister Edward Heath ordered preparations to be put in place for dealing with the expected torrent of negative publicity, including instructions to Sir Martin Charteris ...

Concerns over Blunt were discussed within the Security Service for years, with documents revealing that in November 1972 the director-general of MI5 had urged Sir Martin Charteris, the Queen’s ...

In February 1973, then-Prime Minister Edward Heath braced for a storm of bad press over the Blunt scandal, instructing Sir Martin Charteris, the Queen's private secretary, to give her the heads up.

The queen’s private secretary, Martin Charteris, was told only that MI5 intended to interrogate Blunt due to his close ties with fellow spy Guy Burgess, who fled to the Soviet Union. In all like ...

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 ...

In return for information he provided, Blunt was allowed to keep his job, his knighthood and his social standing – and the queen was apparently kept in the dark.In 1972, her private secretary, Martin ...