Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians

MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be the target of a KGB gay "entrapment" attempt after it emerged he was on a list of 'six practising British homosexuals' passed to the Russians

Declassified documents confirm that the late Queen Elizabeth II of England was not informed until many years later that she had a KGB spy amongst her members of staff. She didn't like him anyway. Secrecy is the art of espionage.

MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be target of KGB sting attempt - Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians.

The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday by Britain’s National Archives.

FILM star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the KGB, according to newly declassified intelligence files.

Documents released to the National Archives at Kew, west London ... serious” man who was unlikely to fall victim to any kind of KGB sting operation. Bogarde, who died in 1999, never came ...