Duchess Sophie celebrated her 60th birthday on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the special occasion, the Duchess of Edinburgh spoke to The Telegraph about a plethora of subjects, including her two children—Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.

The reign of Queen Elizabeth II lasted a historic 70 years and 214 days. That's actually the second longest in world history – and this is how close the Queen came to breaking the all-time record.

Anthony Blunt, who worked at Buckingham Palace as Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, was secretly a Soviet spy during WWII.

Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for nearly a decade that Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy, newly declassified documents reveal.

Kensington Palace has been home to a number of royals over the years, including Queen Elizabeth II, but the royal residence is said to be a 'glorious prison for kids'

Kensington Palace was the former home to the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children, before they decided to move to the Windsor Estate

The daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, has taken up a poignant extra-curricular at the University of St Andrews

An island home that once hosted Queen Elizabeth II has hit the market for sale with expectations of nabbing a buyer with $10 million or more to spend. The 2.5ha estate on Motuarohia Island, in the Far North, is on the market for the first time since 2009.

Documents newly declassified by MI5, Britain's internal intelligence agency, show the late Queen Elizabeth II was not informed for almost 10 years that a member of her staff had spied for the then-Soviet Union.

Newly declassified British documents show that Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries.

Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal.

Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal.