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Polish WWII agent who Churchill called his favourite spy has luxurious hotel suite named in her honour

Named after Warsaw-born super spy Krystyna Skarbek, the opulent 162-square-metre suite at the Raffles hotel in London starts at over PLN 26,000 (€ 5,600) per night. Raffles/Public domain

One of World War Two's most daring spies Krystyna Skarbek has received an opulent tribute with the naming of a lavish suite in her honour at the new Raffles Hotel in London opened its doors on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Fascinating traces of Polish WWII secret agents found in English stately home

The extraordinary finds at Audley End House in the English county of Essex, include hand-written wall inscriptions of some of the soldier’s names, parts of a daily timetable and a photo album of historic photographs.

Long-forgotten HQ of Polish WWII intelligence service found in elite London boys’ school

Researcher Tomasz Muskus discovered the spy base had been located inside a prestigious English boys’ school in Hammersmith, west London, after his interest was piqued by a documentary about Poland’s WWII military spy boss Colonel Stanisław Gano.

UK honours daring Polish agent who became Churchill’s favourite spy

Dropped into enemy-occupied Europe and with a price on her head, Skarbek once persuaded the Gestapo to release a resistance leader and two fellow agents.

An English princess... in Silesia?

Debrief host John Beauchamp speaks to the author of a new book in English about Princess Daisy von Pless, an English-born noblewoman who lived the high life in what is now southern Poland at the turn of the 20th century.

New book explores the life and times of the English princess who once graced Zamek Książ

Ahead of her times in many ways, Princess Daisy von Pless’s legacy still resonates in south-west Poland.

US daily publishes life story of late Polish war heroine

The New York Times (NYT) on Monday published a major article documenting the life of Walentyna Janta-Połczyńska, secretary and confidante to former WWII-era Polish Prime Minister in exile Władysław Sikorski, who passed away in New York in early April.

‘An ordinary man turned superhero!’ New WWII blockbuster tells incredible true story of spy who tried to save Poland

A clean-cut hero with a secret mission, an impossibly beautiful femme fatale, personal drama, sacrifice and shocking brutality. On the eve of its premiere in Warsaw, TFN’s Stuart Dowell meets the producers behind new epic film The Messenger (Kurier).

Duda invokes Churchill in stirring ‘future of Europe’ speech

Speaking in Zurich, Switzerland, the president said: “Three decades after the fall of communism, the goal should be to create a Europe from which “nobody can be excluded.”

Death of Polish WWII leader General Sikorski commemorated on 75th anniversary of ‘mysterious Gibraltar plane crash’

Suspects in the death of General Sikorski include double agent Kim Philby and even British PM Winston Churchill.

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