London, Jan 14, 2025 (AFP) - Queen was not told aide was Soviet spy for years, UK records show

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Queen Elizabeth II was not told officially for nearly a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had admitted he was a Soviet spy, newly declassified British files revealed Tuesday. Anthony Blunt, an art historian and the Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures overseeing the official Royal Art Collection, confessed in 1964 that he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s. However, the queen was not fully informed about Blunt for around another nine......

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