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Sun 4 Apr 2021 17.00 EDT Channel 4’s three-part series Royals Declassified uses previously unseen documents, including diary entries and letters, to tell the story of the Queen’s reign. The second episode, Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace, is, of course, about Anthony Blunt – knight of the realm, wartime employee of MI5, renowned art historian, surveyor of the king’s (and later queen’s) pictures and – it turned out in 1979 – a Soviet spy just about all along. The question posed at the top of the programme is whether the secrets to which he became pr...

Acclaimed spy writer John Le Carré died an Irishman after gaining citizenship from the country where his grandmother was born because he was unhappy that the UK had voted for Brexit.  Le Carré, whose real name was David Cornwell, died in December aged 89 after a short battle with pneumonia. His publisher confirmed he did not have Covid-19. In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, he would become famed for works such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, both of which would become successful film adaptations and contain his renowned character, George Smiley. 

Chapman Pincher “The Great Spycatcher of Fleet Street.” Damn, doesn’t that have a ring to it? He had another, equally awesome nickname: “The Lone Wolf of Fleet Street.” You never heard of this man, and you already think he’s the shizznit, don’t you? For good reason. Henry Chapman Pincher, born in India under the British Raj, who died on Tuesday of natural causes, age 100, was a true legend. The Daily Express, which he called home for thirty years, put it simply. Pincher’s ability to winkle out secrets meant the Establishment both feared and were exasperated by him. Among his m...

Share 'Committed, talented, public-spirited people had their careers and lives blighted because it was argued that being LGBT+ was incompatible with being an intelligence professional. 'Because of this policy, other loyal and patriotic people had their dreams of serving their country in MI6 shattered. 'Today, I apologise on behalf of MI6 for the way our LGBT+ colleagues and fellow citizens were treated and express my regret to those whose lives were affected. 'Being LGBT+ did not make these people a national security threat - of course not. 'But the ban did mean that we, in the intelligence a...

MI6 Chief Richard Moore Apologises to LGBT+ Entrants for Decades-Long Mistreatment, Discrimination Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202102191082128135-mi6-chief-richard-moore-apologises-to-lgbt-entrants-for-decades-long-mistreatment-discrimination/ Speaking in a public statement on the 30-year anniversary of lifting a vetting bar on LGBT+ recruits, the security chief acknowledge people wishing to serve the United Kingdom suffered due to prejudice. MI6 chief Richard Moore has publicly apologised for discrimination and maltreatment of former staff and potential recruit...