Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents | BBC Select

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It was the world’s first secret service. When the pope declared Queen Elizabeth I as a heretic, she was the immediate target of Catholic assassins. To combat this, her spymaster William Cecil set up a network of informers and agents to prevent any plots. This soon grew into a huge espionage operation using brutal methods to protect the monarchy. It would change history forever.

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