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That someone from the '30s was Anthony Blunt, 72, the Queen's former art curator and an unmasked Soviet spy, who had emerged from hiding to tell his side of a story that has blossomed into Britain's most dramatic spy scandal in years. Escorted by his lawyer, Blunt appeared at the offices of the London Times for a press conference with four carefully selected journalists that was filmed in part by the BBC and ITV. Offered a fortifying Scotch and a sumptuous lunch (smoked trout, veal, cheese, fruit salad and wine) by the Times, Blunt candidly...
Blunt's self-serving recollections raised numerous questions: How was it possible this confessed spy had been allowed to remain as a trusted adviser to the Queen, even though his expertise was in artistic rather than political matters? Did Her Majesty know of his espionage activities and, if not, why not? Sir Alec Douglas-Home, now Lord Home, who had been Tory Prime Minister when Blunt confessed, allowed that he had not been informed or even consulted when the security service decided to grant Blunt immunity from prosecution. His Attorney General had approved the deal and informed the Home...
...some of these questions during an extraordinary debate in the House. She said Britain's intelligence chiefs had not wished to tip off Blunt's former employers in Moscow that he had been caught by removing him from his royal curatorship. The security service had told the Queen's private secretary that Blunt was thought to be a Soviet agent; the secretary, however, was also advised that the Queen should not seek to remove him. Beyond that, Thatcher said, "the immunity was offered to Blunt to get information on Soviet penetration Into the public services. Neither...
...build musicals around Meryl's singing. During her freshman year, she made her first appearance onstage as Marian in The Music Man. The young performer was talented but hardly driven. She gave up voice lessons when they interfered with her duties as a cheerleader. Classmates named her Homecoming Queen...
Prince Philip picked the spot, a wooded glen on the grounds of Balmoral Castle. There, to mark the 32nd wedding anniversary of Britain's Queen and her husband, photographers recorded them with their three sons and their married daughter. Eleven royal dogs uncomposed some of the pictures as they flitted about the family feet. So, too, did First Grandchild Peter Phillips, 2, who distracted Mother Anne, 29, Uncles Charles, 31, Andrew, 19, and Edward, 15, and his grandmother with a lively game of Ring-a-ring of roses in which Master Peter dropped delightedly to the turf when...