Masked men raid Windsor Castle as Prince William, Kate and kids sleep in major security scare

Two masked men are said to person scaled a six ft obstruction during the nighttime astatine Windsor Castle earlier stealing a pick-up and quad motorcycle from Shaw Farm, a moving workplace wrong the Castle's information zone

Windsor Castle has been targeted by masked raiders successful a terrifying information scare arsenic Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children slept successful their adjacent home.

Two men are said to person scaled a six ft obstruction during the nighttime to bargain workplace vehicles. The men are said to person driven disconnected successful a pick-up motortruck and connected a quad motorcycle that had been stored successful a barn.

King Charles and Queen Camilla were not astatine the residence astatine the time. However, the Prince and Princess of Wales and their 3 children were believed to beryllium astatine Adelaide Cottage nearby.

"They indispensable person been watching Windsor Castle for a while," a root told the Sun. Adelaide Cottage 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 secutity zone. 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.

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police told the Sun: "At astir 11.45pm connected Sunday October 13, we received a rpeort of burglary astatine a spot connected Crown Estate onshore adjacent 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." The Mirror has contacted Thames Valley Police and Buckingham Palace for comment.