Are the Freemasons even MORE powerful than anyone thought? Conspiracy theories have flourished for years. But a secret archive reveals how their members may have shaped Britain's history

For centuries, they have shrouded themselves in secrecy. So murky is their history, their origins are opaque even to themselves. 

Their rituals are conducted in private, with members swearing a melodramatic oath that threatens them with ‘having my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by its roots and buried in the rough sands of the sea at low-water mark’ should it be violated.

But what’s inspired endless rumour and speculation is how the influence of this shadowy organisation reaches to the very heart of the Establishment — to senior politicians, high-ranking military men, diplomats and spies, chief constables and scientists.

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