Winsdor Castle: Masked men rob royal estate as Prince William, Kate and family sleep

Sachin Ravikumar
Reuters
Thieves reportedly broke into the royal estate while William, Kate and their children were there, crashing through a gate and making off with a couple of vehicles.
Thieves reportedly broke into the royal estate while William, Kate and their children were there, crashing through a gate and making off with a couple of vehicles. Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Two masked men broke into Britain’s royal Windsor Castle estate in October and stole two vehicles from a barn, The Sun newspaper reports.

King Charles and his wife Camilla were not in the estate at the time of the incident but Prince William and his family were believed to be at Adelaide Cottage, part of the Windsor Castle estate, The Sun reported.

The men used a stolen truck to break through a security gate at night and then scaled a two-metre fence, the paper said.

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Local police were called to a report of a burglary on Crown Estate land in Windsor, west of London, just before midnight on October 13.

“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,” Thames Valley Police told the newspaper.

An aerial view of Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England
Men used a stolen truck to break through a gate at the Windsor Castle estate then scaled a fence. Credit: AAP

“No arrests have been made at this stage and an investigation is ongoing.”

Buckingham Palace declined to comment.

Windsor Castle previously faced a security scare in 2021 when authorities arrested a man with a crossbow in the grounds of the castle who said he had wanted to kill Queen Elizabeth.

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