Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Prince William, Prince of Wales, were reportedly at Windsor Castle last year when a break-in occurred on the royal Windsor Estate.

UK police announced on Monday that officers are investigating a burglary that took place last month on the grounds of the Windsor Estate, while Prince William and his family were at home. Thames Valley Police reported that the intruders stole two vehicles from a farm building on the estate west of London on October 13, and no arrests have been made.

"At around 11:45 pm on Sunday, October 13, we received a report of burglary at a property on Crown Estate land near to the A308 in Windsor," the force stated in a release, referring to the castle grounds. "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."

The Sun tabloid, which initially reported the incident, claimed that the "masked raiders" struck while William, his wife Catherine, and their children were asleep in their nearby home on the estate. The newspaper also reported last month that armed police officers from the Metropolitan Police's diplomatic protection unit had been removed from the two main gates of the Windsor Estate.

This comes as the force faces a shortage of firearms officers, with far fewer candidates joining up, according to the tabloid. The Metropolitan Police, which is responsible for royal security, stated that it does "not comment on any security arrangements for protected individuals or sites." However, a spokesperson noted that the arrangements are "kept under constant review to ensure we take into account the latest threat and risk information and assessments that are available to us."

The burglary marks the latest security breach at Windsor, where William and his family reside year-round and which was the favored residence of the late Queen Elizabeth II. On Christmas Day in 2021, a man armed with a loaded crossbow was found on the grounds, declaring to an armed officer that he was there "to kill the queen." The man, Jaswant Singh Chail, was subsequently jailed for nine years and will serve his sentence in the high-security Broadmoor psychiatric hospital. The former supermarket worker had "lost touch with reality so that he had become psychotic," according to judge Nicholas Hilliard.

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