Masked men raided Windsor Castle estate while royals slept nearby

There was a major security breach at the Windsor Castle estate.

Masked men broke in as the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children were asleep at their nearby residence, Adelaide Cottage. The King and Queen were not in residence at Windsor Castle.

The men reportedly scaled a six-foot fence to steal farm vehicles. They managed to grab a pickup truck and a quad bike from a barn.

A source told the Sun, “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 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.”

The Thames Valley Police told the Sun, “At around 11.45 pm on Sunday, October 13, we received a report of burglary at a property on Crown Estate land near the A308 in Windsor. Offenders entered a farm building and made off with a black Isuzu pickup 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.”