Messenger
Having joined in 1939, Antony Blunt attained the rank of major in the British Army. In the final days of World War II, on the behest of Buckingham Palace, Blunt made a secret trip to Schloss Friedrichshof, near Frankfurt in Germany to retrieve sensitive letters which had been exchanged between the Duke of Windsor, Adolf Hitler and other leading Nazis in 1938, on his return these letters were later placed, or claimed to have been placed, in the Royal Archive
( thanks to absfreepic.com for background photo and to RBH for re enactor photo )
Messenger
Having joined in 1939, Antony Blunt attained the rank of major in the British Army. In the final days of World War II, on the behest of Buckingham Palace, Blunt made a secret trip to Schloss Friedrichshof, near Frankfurt in Germany to retrieve sensitive letters which had been exchanged between the Duke of Windsor, Adolf Hitler and other leading Nazis in 1938, on his return these letters were later placed, or claimed to have been placed, in the Royal Archive
( thanks to absfreepic.com for background photo and to RBH for re enactor photo )