Blaise Metreweli’s grandfather dubbed by his German commanders “The Butcher”, boasted of taking part “in the extermination of Jews”
(June 29, 2025 / JNS) The British government said on Saturday that the incoming MI6 chief “neither knew nor met her paternal grandfather”—a man who was revealed earlier in the week to be a Nazi spy, AFP reported.
Blaise Metreweli’s “ancestry is characterized by conflict and division and, as is the case for many with Eastern European heritage, only partially understood,” a Foreign Office spokesperson was cited as saying in a statement.
“It is precisely this complex heritage which has contributed to her commitment to prevent conflict and protect the British public from modern threats from today’s hostile states, as the next chief of MI6,” the statement read.
