Anthony Blunt confessed in 1964 to spying for the Soviet Union as part of the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring during World War II. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our ...

In 1964 Sir Anthony Blunt, a leading art historian and art surveyor who frequently advised Queen Elizabeth II on art matters, was revealed as a member of the Cambridge Five, a group of Soviet ...

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 ...

A note from March 1973 about Soviet spy Anthony Blunt. REUTERS. The MI5 files, released to the National Archives, reportedly contain Blunt’s full confession.

LONDON (AP) -- It began with youthful idealism and ended in bitter regret. Anthony Blunt -- English gentleman, art adviser to Queen Elizabeth II and Soviet spy -- felt the decision to give British ...

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 ...

Anthony Blunt (1907-1983) was a highly-respected art historian and member of the Royal Household who was unmasked as a Soviet spy. He was also a distant cousin of the Queen's.

Soviet traitor and Cambridge Five spy Anthony Blunt may have also passed secrets to the Nazis that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Allied troops, a new book has claimed.. Blunt, who died ...

Soviet spy Anthony Blunt gave the KGB 'blackmail' letters from Queen's uncles that showed the depth of their Nazi sympathies - and the Kremlin could still have them today.

Anthony Blunt lived a double life, juggling his love of art with a sideline in treason. It would all catch up to him later. Anthony Blunt was publicly revealed as a Soviet spy in 1979 and stripped ...

Blunt wrote that he believed, "naively," that the story would never be made public. However, in 1979 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher publicly unmasked him as a Soviet spy, and he was stripped of ...

Associated PressThis undated image, released by the Britsih Library on Wednesday July 22, 2009, shows documents from British spy Anthony Blunt. It began with youthful idealism and ended in bitter ...