Windsor Castle security breach: Chilling warning over raid on William and Kate's home

Brazen burglars entered the Windsor Castle property aft climbing a 6ft obstruction and made disconnected with workplace vehicles portion Prince William and Kate on with their children slept nearby

Masked intruders who climbed a 6ft obstruction successful a brazen Windsor Castle burglary indispensable person been “watching for immoderate time”, it is claimed.

Burglars stole workplace vehicles from the royal property portion the Prince and Princess of Wales on with their children slept nearby. They are past reported to person utilized a stolen motortruck to interruption down a gross successful an astonishing information breach.

It is understood that the masked radical drove disconnected successful a pick-up and a quad motorcycle that were kept successful a barn portion the Waleses were astatine Adelaide Cottage astir 5 minutes away. The royals regularly usage the gross arsenic the nearest exit.

The men targeted Shaw Farm, which is simply a moving workplace wrong the Castle's information zone. 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.

And worryingly a constabulary root believes that the burglars indispensable person been viewing Windsor Castle for a portion successful a good thought retired plan. “They indispensable person been watching Windsor Castle for a while,” they told The Sun.

The insider besides 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."

Thames Valley Police reportedly said that a achromatic Isuzu pick-up was taken on with a reddish quad motorcycle and that the intruders headed disconnected successful the absorption of Old Windsor/Datchet. They added that an probe is underway with nary arrests yet made.

The spokesperson stated: “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.”