Hesecretlyconfessedin 1964, buthisespionageremained a statesecretuntil 1979, whenPrime MinisterMargaretThatcherpublicly outed him and QueenElizabethIIrescindedhisknighthood.
He accepted a knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 1978 and frequently golfed with Denis Thatcher, husband of prime minister Margaret Thatcher.