LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 15, 1979

* Sir Anthony Blunt loses knighthood
* Queen Elizabeth's aide is Soviet spy

The front page has a banner headline: "Queen's Aide a Russ Spy" with lead-in: "STRIPPED OF KNIGHTHOOD" with subhead and photo. (see images) 
Complete 1st section only with all 24 pages, nice condition.

Background: The most notable content surrounding Anthony Blunt’s public downfall and the stripping of his knighthood centers on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s shocking 1979 reveal that the prominent art historian and former Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures was actually a Soviet spy. Blunt had been a secret member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring since WWII, but despite confessing to MI5 in 1964, he had been granted covert immunity from prosecution to avoid public scandal and preserve intelligence networks. When public pressure forced Thatcher to officially expose his treason to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth II immediately revoked his Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) honor, igniting an intense public and institutional backlash. This revelations sparked deep political unease over the establishment's secretive handling of his confession, generated a fierce ideological battle within academia—such as the controversy over his British Academy fellowship—and reduced one of Britain’s most celebrated cultural figures to a disgraced social recluse virtually overnight.