Queen Elizabeth II with Sir Anthony Blunt during an art exhibition in London in 1979. PA via Getty Images file. Then-MI5 Director General Michael Hanley noted that by November 1972, ...

In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, ... Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for nearly a decade about the full extent of the betrayal of one of her top courtiers, ...

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed about the treachery of a senior palace courtier for nearly a decade, newly declassified documents reveal. Anthony Blunt served as the ...

Queen Elizabeth II went nearly 10 years without knowing that royal household member Anthony Blunt was actually a Soviet double ... Queen Elizabeth II and Anthony Blunt at the Courtauld Institute. AP.

Professor Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen's pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute with Queen Elizabeth II on Nov. 15, 1979. / AP ...

Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen's pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute in 1970 with Queen Elizabeth II.

Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen's pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute in 1970 with Queen Elizabeth II PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Shocking new details have recently come to ...

Queen Elizabeth’s very surprising reaction to news one of her aides was Russian spy In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt, the surveyor of the Queen's pictures and distinguished art historian, finally ...

Queen Elizabeth was kept in the dark for many years over a Soviet spy being embedded in one of the most senior roles in the family. ... Anthony Blunt, admitted to being a Soviet spy.

Queen Elizabeth II with Sir Anthony Blunt during an art exhibition in London in 1979. Then-MI5 Director General Michael Hanley noted that by November 1972, only Charteris and his deputy, Philip ...

Professor Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen's pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute with Queen Elizabeth II on Nov. 15, 1979.

FILE – Professor Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen’s pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute with Queen Elizabeth II on Nov. 15, 1979.