Kate Middleton and Prince William security horror as 'masked men smash down barrier' while royals slept

Prince William and his woman Catherine were sleeping with their 3 children astatine Adelaide Cottage erstwhile 2 intruders broke into the Windsor Castle property to bargain workplace vehicles

The Prince and Princess of Wales suffered a terrifying security breach aft masked intruders allegedly smashed down a obstruction and scaled a six-foot obstruction to get entree to the Windsor Castle estate.

The 2 men allegedly broke into the property during the nighttime to bargain workplace vehicles earlier driving disconnected successful a pick-up motortruck and connected a quad motorcycle that had been stored successful a barn connected October 13. King Charles and Queen Camilla were not astatine the residence astatine the time, but William and Catherine were believed to beryllium sleeping astatine adjacent Adelaide Cottage with their 3 children.

The Waleses' location is conscionable 5 minutes from Windsor Castle, and the household is regularly seen utilizing the wrecked gate, which is the nearest exit to their home. The men targeted Shaw Farm, which is simply a moving workplace wrong the Castle's information zone.

"They indispensable person been watching Windsor Castle for a while," a root told The Sun. The root said the men would person known the vehicles were stored successful the barn earlier breaking in, and would person known the champion clip to get successful and retired successful bid to flight detection.

"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 root said. "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 [up] successful furniture astatine Adelaide Cottage, conscionable astir the country but inactive successful the grounds."

The Prince and Princess of Wales moved to Adelaide Cottage successful the summertime of 2022. During precocious Queen Elizabeth's funeral, the procession astatine Windsor Castle began from the Shaw Farm gate. The constabulary said nary arrests person been made astatine this signifier and an probe is ongoing.

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: "At astir 11.45pm connected Sunday 13 October, 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 Izuzu pickup 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 probe is ongoing. If anyone has accusation regarding this incidental we would inquire them to telephone 101 quoting notation 43240493862." Buckingham Palace didn't remark connected this incident.