MI5, have called Thames House their home since 1994, which is an office development in Millbank, London, on the Westminster bank of the River Thames, between Lambeth Bridge and Millbank Tower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkryTUxZBIc&feature=channel_video_title. She was also given a private intelligence briefing while there. King George VI, Her Majesty's late father, had a big role in some of the historical artifacts she saw in the MI5 museum. I keep meaning to read The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, so I can get my head around everything that they were up to in the 1st half of the 20th Century. See what happened. That's not to be confused with MI6, of course, which is the Secret Intelligence Service, which works to protect UK interests abroad. NAO staff have access to relevant MI5 records for this purpose. "Because of the nature of your work, it is without public recognition, so it is on behalf of the country that I say to you all, thank you. We also have several regional offices and a headquarters in Northern Ireland. They are the ones that make people disappear! In 2011, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales agreed to become Royal Patron of the Intelligence Services (MI5, SIS and GCHQ). Her Majesty gave a very special speech while at MI5, in which she thanked intelligence officers for their services to the country. MI5 currently employs around 4,400 people.

While touring the MI5 museum, Her Majesty learned about how MI5 used disinformation to win the Second World War and confuse the Nazis. At any one time the UK faces a range of covert threats to its security and MI5 has only finite resources with which to counter them. The Jersey Evening Post reports that Andrew called the disinformation campaign "the most important thing MI5 has done," and the monarch replied calmly, neither shaken or stirred, "And very successfully, too. Current national threat level: SUBSTANTIAL Read more about threat levels >>. If you were watching them from a distance they probably had someone standing right beside you and you did not know it lol…, We tried this back in 2008. We also have several regional offices and a headquarters in Northern Ireland.

Phone Number: Call 020 7930 9000 to reach someone at MI5 headquarters. Photo: © Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images.

The ISC's annual reports provide further details of the agencies' funding and expenditure. The Deputy and Assistant Directors General share responsibility for MI5’s capabilities and functions, which are organised across ten branches.

The building was reportable purchased for ONLY £100 million, nothing but the best for our spies! MI5 is joining in with celebrations of National Inclusion Week, as we celebrate our diverse workforce and reaffirm our... MI5 Director General Ken McCallum made his first public address on 14 October where he laid out his top priorities.