Concerned Prince William is frightened by Windsor security breach – questions WILL be asked, expert says

PRINCE William is surely frightened by the Windsor information breach and volition beryllium asking questions, an adept claims.

The Sun's seasoned royal lensman Arthur Edwards said the Waleses "must beryllium rather worried" after masked raiders struck connected the Windsor Castle estate.

As we exclusively reported this week, the 2 men scaled a 6ft obstruction astatine nighttime to bargain workplace vehicles arsenic William, woman Princess Kate and their kids slept astatine location nearby.

They past utilized a stolen motortruck to ram a information gross arsenic they fled.

A root said: “They indispensable person been watching Windsor Castle for a while.”

Mr Edwards - who has covered the Royal Family for astir 50 years - told The Sun's Royal Show yesterday the incidental is "just incredible".

He described the property arsenic "vast", but added: "They indispensable beryllium rather worried. I stake they’ve been burning the midnight oil trying to benignant that 1 out."

Mr Edwards, 84, said, connected the different hand, "nothing's perfect" successful presumption of the Firm's security.

He referred to however intruder Michael Fagan broke into the precocious Queen's chamber astatine Buckingham Palace successful 1982.

"That was each due to the fact that events fell into place, 1 was going connected duty, 1 was going disconnected work and helium conscionable walked into the room," the lensman said. "It’s going to happen."

But, nevertheless, helium said the caller break-in was "frightening", adding: "I’m definite William would person been rather concerned."

Mr Edwards went connected to say: "It is precise important to support the Royal Family harmless and I ideate William astir apt had immoderate questions to ask, but they conscionable went for the vehicles, not to harm anybody.

"I ideate they wouldn’t person got excessively adjacent to the location anyway."

He added that "it's precise well-policed" with "so overmuch security".

The 2 masked men drove disconnected successful a pick-up and connected a quad motorcycle that were stored successful a barn.

King Charles and Queen Camilla were not successful residence.

But the Prince and Princess of Wales, some 42, were believed to beryllium astatine Adelaide Cottage with George, 11, Charlotte, nine, and six-year-old Louis.

It is 5 minutes distant and the household are regularly seen utilizing the wrecked gross — the nearest exit to their home.

News of the break-in comes after The Sun connected Sunday revealed equipped constabulary were removed from Windsor Castle’s two main nationalist entrances, though weapon cops are inactive thought to patrol the grounds.

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The raiders struck astatine Shaw Farm, a moving workplace wrong the castle’s information zone.

A root said: “They would person to person known the vehicles were stored determination earlier they broke successful and known erstwhile was the champion clip to get and flight without being caught.

“So they indispensable person been watching Windsor Castle for a while.

“There are alarms astatine Windsor Castle but the archetypal clip anyone knew determination was a break-in was erstwhile they crashed done the information obstruction astatine Shaw Farm Gate exit.

“The obstruction has needed to beryllium replaced arsenic it was truthful severely damaged.

“It was a Sunday nighttime connected a schoolhouse week truthful the young princes and princess would person been tucked successful furniture astatine Adelaide Cottage, conscionable astir the country but inactive successful the grounds.”

William and Kate moved to the Cottage successful the summer of 2022.

During Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, the procession to Windsor Castle began from the Shaw Farm gate.

The determination to region equipped police from it and the different main entranceway for the nationalist and tradespeople was said to beryllium down to a shortage of qualified officers.

It was besides to soothe tourists tense astir gun-toting cops.

Armed constabulary present look lone astatine the beforehand of the castle astatine the Changing of The Guard ceremonies.

Last nighttime a spokesperson for Thames Valley Police confirmed: “At astir 11.45pm connected Sunday October 13, we received a study of burglary astatine a spot connected Crown Estate onshore adjacent to the A308 successful Windsor.

“Offenders entered a workplace gathering and made disconnected with a achromatic Isuzu pick-up and a reddish quad bike. They past made disconnected towards the Old Windsor/Datchet area.

“No arrests person been made astatine this signifier and an investigation is ongoing.”

The King was in Scotland during the raid and it is believed Camilla was astatine a spa in India ahead of the couple’s circuit of Australia and Samoa.

A spokesperson for the Prince and Princess of Wales declined to comment.

Previous Windsor Castle information scares see 1 connected Christmas Day 2021, erstwhile an intruder equipped with a crossbow climbed a obstruction and claimed helium wanted to termination the Queen.

Jaswant Singh Chail, 23, was jailed for 9 years for treason.