- Monday, December 23, 2024
King Charles and his wife Camilla were not in the estate at the time of the incident, but Prince William and Kate Middleton’s were present at their family cottage
By: shajil kumar
TWO masked men broke into Britain’s royal Windsor Castle estate last month and stole two vehicles from a barn, the Sun newspaper reported on Monday.
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 six-foot 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 pickup and a red quad bike. They then made off towards the Old Windsor/Datchet area,” Thames Valley Police said in an emailed statement. “No arrests have been made at this stage and an investigation is ongoing.”
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.
The 15,800-acre royal estate includes working farms, conservation areas, Windsor Great Park and famous royal landmarks like Windsor Castle.
Windsor Castle previously faced a security scare in 2021 when authorities arrested a British Sikh man with a crossbow in the grounds of the castle who said he had wanted to kill Queen Elizabeth.
Jaswant Singh Chail has since been handed a nine-year custodial sentence for treason, possession of an offensive weapon and making threats to kill.
Chail claimed he wanted to “assassinate” the late monarch as revenge for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, according to a social media video that emerged soon after his arrest. (Agencies)
