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Drawing on declassified papers, this study follows its development through the surveillance network established to protect Queen Victoria from assassination, the Russian Revolution, MI5â€s role in the Abdication Crisis, the Second World War, the dismantling of the British Empire and conflict in Northern Ireland. The close two-way relationship between the Crown and the secret service dates back to Elizabeth I and her spymaster Francis Walsingham.