Documents newly declassified by MI5, Britain's internal intelligence agency, show the late Queen Elizabeth II was not ...

Newly declassified British documents show that Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her ...

Anthony Blunt, who worked at Buckingham Palace as Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, was secretly a Soviet spy during WWII.

The newly-declassified documents include details about some of the UK's most notorious spies.

However, a Second World War guide produced by MI5 for prospective agents concluded that the ideal “watcher” was “born and not made”. The 17-page guide, which was compiled for “officers ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for almost a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had confessed to being a Soviet spy, according to newly released MI5 files. Art historian ...

Rookie wartime MI5 "watchers" were advised they needed to be prepared to offer a big tip if they had to tell a taxi driver to "follow that cab" when pursuing a suspect, newly declassified ...

Police could be ‘overwhelmed’ if the definition of terrorism is expanded, the terror watchdog has warned (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) Widening the definition of ...

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MI5 and counter-terrorism police will be "overwhelmed" if Sir Keir Starmer expands the definition of terrorism, a watchdog chief has revealed. Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of ...