Newly disclosed correspondence reveals a palace strategy to shield the Queen from the full truth, spearheaded by her private secretary, Sir Martin Charteris. In November 1972, MI5 Director-General ...

In February 1973, prime minister Edward Heath ordered preparations to be put in place for dealing with the expected torrent of negative publicity, including instructions to Sir Martin Charteris ...

In February 1973, then-Prime Minister Edward Heath braced for a storm of bad press over the Blunt scandal, instructing Sir Martin Charteris, the Queen's private secretary, to give her the heads up.

Concerns over Blunt were discussed within the Security Service for years, with documents revealing that in November 1972 the director-general of MI5 had urged Sir Martin Charteris, the Queen’s ...

Queen Elizabeth II was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to newly-released official files. In 1964, Sir ...

Prime Minister Edward Heath had instructed the Queen’s private secretary, Sir Martin Charteris, to inform the monarch over concerns that journalists were about to break the story. On March 19 ...