Masked men break into UK’s Windsor Castle estate, steal 2 vehicles: Report
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The men reportedly used a stolen truck to break through a security gate at night and then scaled a 1.8m fence.
PHOTO: REUTERS
LONDON - Two masked men broke into Britain’s royal Windsor Castle estate in October and stole two vehicles from a barn, the Sun newspaper reported on Nov 18.
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 1.8m fence, the paper said.
Local police said officers were called to a report of a burglary on Crown Estate land in Windsor, west of London, just before midnight on Oct 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.
“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 the authorities arrested a man with a crossbow in the grounds of the castle who said he wanted to kill Queen Elizabeth. REUTERS
