Brazen burglars entered the Windsor Castle estate after climbing a 6ft fence and made off with farm vehicles while Prince William and Kate along with their children slept nearby
Masked intruders who climbed a 6ft fence in a brazen Windsor Castle burglary must have been “watching for some time”, it is claimed.
Burglars stole farm vehicles from the royal estate while the Prince and Princess of Wales along with their children slept nearby. They are then reported to have used a stolen truck to break down a gate in an astonishing security breach.
It is understood that the masked group drove off in a pick-up and a quad bike that were kept in a barn while the Waleses were at Adelaide Cottage around five minutes away. The royals regularly use the gate as the nearest exit.
The men targeted Shaw Farm, which is a working farm inside the Castle’s security zone. The Prince and Princess of Wales moved to Adelaide Cottage in the summer of 2022. During late Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, the procession at Windsor Castle began from the Shaw Farm gate.
And worryingly a police source believes that the burglars must have been viewing Windsor Castle for a while in a well thought out plan. “They must have been watching Windsor Castle for a while,” they told The Sun.
The insider also said the men would have known the vehicles were stored in the barn before breaking in, and would have known the best time to get in and out in order to escape detection.
“There are alarms at Windsor Castle but the first time anyone knew there was a break-in was when they crashed through the security barrier at Shaw Farm Gate exit,” the source said. “The barrier has needed to be replaced as it was so badly damaged. It was a Sunday night on a school week so the young princes and princess would have been tucked [up] in bed at Adelaide Cottage, just around the corner but still in the grounds.”
Thames Valley Police reportedly said that a black Isuzu pick-up was taken along with a red quad bike and that the intruders headed off in the direction of Old Windsor/Datchet. They added that an investigation is underway with no arrests yet made.
The spokesperson stated: “At around 11.45pm on Sunday October 13, we received a report of burglary at a property on Crown Estate land near to the A308 in Windsor.
“Offenders entered a farm building and made off with a black Isuzu pick-up and a red quad bike. They then made off towards the Old Windsor/Datchet area. No arrests have been made at this stage and an investigation is ongoing.”
