Britain's Most Powerful Secret Organisation: Chatham House Exposed

Britain's Most Powerful Secret Organisation: Chatham House Exposed. The head of MI6 gave a briefing at a building in central London. Not to Parliament. Not to the public. To a members' club whose paying members include BP, Shell, BAE Systems, and HSBC. The meeting was held under a rule written in 1927 — a single sentence that says nobody has to reveal who was in the room or what was said. The building is 680 metres from Downing Street. The organisation is a registered charity. And it has been shaping British foreign policy for over a century. This is Chatham House — the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Charity number 208223. Annual income: £20.2 million. Governed by former Prime Ministers and spy chiefs. Funded by oil majors, arms companies, and the UK government — whilst claiming it receives no government subsidy. Founded in 1919 by a network of Oxford-educated imperialists whose leader wrote: "You have only to sacrifice 'the nigger' absolutely and the game is easy." In this video, we trace the full story — from a hotel room in Paris in 1919 to the restricted MI6 briefings of today. Every claim is sourced. Every figure is documented. The Chatham House Rule, the funding, the revolving door, the founding DNA — all of it on their own website, in their own filings, in their own words. If you watched our Fabian Society video, you already know how these organisations work. Chatham House is the same model — played at a much higher level. 📎 KEY SOURCES (all verified, all public record): Chatham House — About Us: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us Chatham House Rule (their own page): https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule Chatham House — Our Funding: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-funding Chatham House — Donors list: https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-funding/donors-chatham-house Charity Commission — RIIA (Charity 208223): https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=208223&subid=0 MI6 Director's Briefing (restricted event): https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/partner-and-major-corporate-event/directors-briefing-what-does-global-britain-mean-mi6 Bureau of Investigative Journalism — Bahrain lobbyist: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2011-12-08/chatham-houses-independent-expert-is-lobbyist Chatham House — Hotel Majestic origins: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/05/hotel-majestic-and-origins-chatham-house Chatham House — Royal Charter PDF: https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/Royal-Charter-Bye-laws-Oct-2019.pdf Chatham House — New Presidents (2025): https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/new-presidents-chatham-house Hakluyt — Robin Niblett appointment: https://hakluytandco.com/news/sir-robin-niblett-joins-hakluyt-as-senior-adviser/ Who Funds You? — Chatham House rating: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-funds-you/chatham-house/ Iraq "pillion passenger" report (2005 PDF): https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/Middle%20East/terrorandiraq.pdf 🔍 Compare how different outlets cover organisations like Chatham House — or don't cover them at all. Ground News shows you the full picture across the political spectrum: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=josh98 👉 Watch our Fabian Society video: [LINK TO FABIAN VIDEO] 🔔 Subscribe for more investigations into the institutions that run Britain: [SUBSCRIBE LINK] #ChathamHouse #ChathamHouseRule #BritishEstablishment #UKPolitics #WhoRunsBritain