Declassified Files Reveal Queen Elizabeth Was Unaware of Soviet Spy in Palace for Years
- Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade about Anthony Blunt's confession as a Soviet spy, according to newly released MI5 files.
- Anthony Blunt, who confessed in 1964, had been a senior courtier overseeing the royal art collection since the 1930s.
- The decision to inform the Queen came after concerns that the truth would emerge following Blunt's serious illness and eventual death.
- Queen Elizabeth II took the news calmly, recalling that he had been under suspicion since the Burgess/Maclean case in 1951.
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