Masked men scaled 6ft fences to sneak onto the Windsor Castle estate as the Prince and Princess of Wales slept nearby with their children.
Masked men scaled a 6ft fence to sneak onto the Windsor Castle estate as the Prince and Princess of Wales slept in their cottage just a stone's throw away.They stole farm vehicles and drove off in a pick-up and on a quad bike that they took from a barn at Shaw Farm, sources claimed.
William and Kate and their children George, 11, Charlotte, nine and Louis, six, are thought to have been asleepThey 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. Nestled at the heart of the Crown Estate's private 655-acre royal park, Adelaide Cottage was built in 1831 as a retreat for William IV's wife Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.
The cottage underwent major renovations in 2015, which meant that Prince William and Kate did not need to shell out millions in remodelling the house.
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