Donald Maclean English diplomat and spy Donald Maclean was BOTD in 1913. Born in London, he was the son of Scottish politician and attorney Sir Donald Maclean. He was educated at Cambridge University, where he be…

English diplomat, spy and messy bisexual Donald Maclean, who worked as a Soviet agent for nearly 20 years before defecting to Russia in 1951 with fellow spy Guy Burgess, was BOTD in 1913. #donaldmaclean #supergays #bornonthisday #cambridgespies

Queen Elizabeth colluded in Russian spy cover-up The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.

...included #AnthonyBlunt, an MI5 veteran and art historian who became Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures. The others were diplomats #GuyBurgess and #DonaldMaclean, as well as intelligence officers #KimPhilby and #JohnCairncross tinyurl.com/27udaqub

Secret UK files detailing confessions of Cambridge Five spies released - Sight Magazine Top secret MI5 files detailing confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents were released for the first time on Tuesday.

Secret UK files detailing confessions of Cambridge Five spies released @sightmagazine.bsky.social #CambridgeFive #KimPhilby #AnthonyBlunt #GuyBurgess #DonaldMaclean #JohnCairncross #NationalArchives #MI5 #QueenElizabethII #UK

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