Masked burglars broke into Windsor estate while Kate, William and children slept

Two men scaled the obstruction of Windsor Castle aft trying to interruption done a information gross – arsenic Prince William and his household were sleeping successful a adjacent cottage.

The masked thieves went connected to bargain workplace vehicles from Shaw Farm, a moving workplace connected the sprawling Royal estate, earlier they crashed into a information gross portion fleeing.

A root told The Sun the brace indispensable person been ‘watching Windsor Castle for a while’ earlier the Sunday nighttime heist.

It comes aft it was revealed equipped constabulary were removed from the castle’s 2 nationalist entrances.

The root told The Sun: ‘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.’

‘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,’ they added. ‘The obstruction has needed to beryllium replaced arsenic it was truthful severely damaged.’

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said successful a statement: ‘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 probe is ongoing.’

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