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 ...

Helenus Milmo, a barrister and wartime MI5 officer, was tasked with trying to wring the truth from Kim Philby. Some seven ...

Kim Philby was the quintessential spy, a man who charmed and betrayed in equal measure. To his colleagues in MI6, he was the consummate professional, rising swiftly through the ranks of Britain ...

Cambridge spy Kim Philby had no regrets about his treachery, his interrogators said after he was unmasked. The double agent’s confession has been published in full for the first time in newly ...

The Cambridge spy Kim Philby declared he would have done it all again after he finally confessed that he had been for years a Russian agent, according to newly-declassified intelligence files.

MI5’s top interrogator was baffled by Kim Philby, admitting he could not determine whether he was a Soviet spy, according to newly declassified intelligence files. Jim Skardon, a former Metropolitan ...

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Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.