Masked men broke into the Windsor Castle Estate while Princess Kate and Prince William were at home.
Two men scaled a six-foot fence at night to steal farm vehicles, according to new reports in The Sun.
A source told the publication: “They must have been watching Windsor Castle for a while.”
The thieves used a stolen truck to smash their way through a security gate at the royal estate.
Masked men broke into Windsor Castle Estate while Princess Kate and Prince William at home
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Two masked men drove off in a pick-up and a quad bike that were stored in a barn.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were understood to not be in residence.
However, the Prince and Princess of Wales, both 42, were both at Adelaide Cottage with George, 11, Charlotte, nine, and six-year-old Louis.
The property, where they have lived since 2022, is five minutes away and the family are regularly seen using the wrecked gate, the nearest exit to their home.
Princess Kate and Prince William moved their family to Adelaide Cottage in 2022
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News of the break-in comes after it was revealed armed police were removed from Windsor Castle’s two main public entrances, though gun cops are still thought to patrol the grounds.
The raiders struck at Shaw Farm, a working farm inside the castle’s security zone.
A source continued to tell The Sun: “They would have to have known the vehicles were stored there before they broke in and known when was the best time to get and escape without being caught.
“So they must have been watching Windsor Castle for a while.
Windsor Castle is an area within the Crown EstatePA“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 in bed at Adelaide Cottage, just around the corner but still in the grounds.”
William and Kate moved to Adelaide Cottage in the summer of 2022.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were not in residence during the raid
PALast night a spokesman for Thames Valley Police confirmed: “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.”
The King was in Scotland during the raid and it is believed Camilla was at a spa in India ahead of the couple’s tour of Australia and Samoa.
A spokesman for the Prince and Princess of Wales has not commented on the incident.
