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 ...

Anthony Blunt passed secrets to Moscow while working for MI5 during the Second World War. The spy’s memoirs shed new light on the 20th century’s biggest security scandal.

Anthony Blunt confessed in 1964 to spying for the Soviet Union as part of the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring during World War II. A photo of Anthony Blunt inside an MI5 file made available to ...

In 1964, the queen found out Anthony Blunt, custodian of the royal family’s art collection, had been a spy. His secret remained safe until Margaret Thatcher revealed all in 1979.

'The Crown' offers a glimpse of Anthony Blunt, the real-life art curator for Buckingham Palace found to be a Russian Spy in 1964. Incredibly, he stayed on for eight more years. Here's why.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Anthony Blunt - English gentleman, art adviser to Queen Elizabeth II and Soviet spy - felt the decision to give British secrets to the Kremlin was "the biggest mistake of my life." ...

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.

In it, he tells how he was lured into the spy ring by the flamboyantly homosexual Guy Burgess, whom he met at Cambridge in 1931. Blunt was also homosexual but denied any relationship with Burgess.