Queen Elizabeth and the Spy in the Palace

The story of Anthony Blunt, royal appointed art expert and KGB spy, who worked as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures for 27 years. The programme examines how he was previously employed by George VI to loot art treasures from Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War, and that despite Blunt's protestations of loyalty to the monarchy, classified documents have since revealed that he provided damaging information about the royal family to his Soviet employers.