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Queen was not told of key details regarding Soviet spy in royal circles until nine years after his confessionIn November 1972, MI5's director-general urged Sir Martin Charteris, the Queen's private secretary, to sever links with Blunt. Sir Martin refused, arguing there was little point as Blunt's tenure ...
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Queen Elizabeth II was kept in the dark for years about a Soviet spy in the palace - MSNThe queen’s private secretary, Martin Charteris, was told only that MI5 intended to interrogate Blunt due to his close ties with fellow spy Guy Burgess, who fled to the Soviet Union.
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Queen Elizabeth 'kept in the dark' over palace spy as treachery hidden for almost a decade - MSNBack in February 1973, then-Prime Minister Edward Heath was gearing up for a media storm over the Blunt scandal and made sure to loop in Sir Martin Charteris, the Queen's private secretary, to ...
The queen’s private secretary, Martin Charteris, was told only that MI5 intended to interrogate Blunt due to his close ties with fellow spy Guy Burgess, who fled to the Soviet Union.
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Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace for nearly 10 years, MI5 files revealElizabeth’s private secretary at the time, Martin Charteris, and his deputy, Philip Moore, were the only people at the palace who knew about Blunt’s confession.
Elizabeth’s private secretary at the time, Martin Charteris, and his deputy, Philip Moore, were the only people at the palace who knew about Blunt’s confession.
In 1972, her private secretary, Martin Charteris, told MI5 chief Michael Hanley that "the queen did not know and he saw no advantage in telling her about it now; ...
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Queen's reaction after being told about King Charles' affair with Camilla was telling - MSN“Corroborating evidence is offered by the late Sir Martin Charteris, who was then the queen’s private secretary and claimed that in 1973, the year Camilla married Andrew, he told the Queen ...
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Daily Express US on MSNQueen kept in the dark over palace spy as treachery hidden for almost a decade - MSNHe told Sir Martin Charteris, ... "Charteris wrote that he had spoken to the Queen about the Blunt case. She took it all very ...
The queen’s private secretary, Martin Charteris, was told only that MI5 intended to interrogate Blunt due to his close ties with fellow spy Guy Burgess, who fled to the Soviet Union.
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