Burglars Break Into Windsor Castle Estate, Home of Prince William, Kate and Family (www.nytimes.com)
from gedaliyah@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 17:06
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Intruders broke into the grounds of Windsor Castle last month and stole two vehicles, the police confirmed on Monday, a significant security breach at the sprawling royal estate west of London that is the primary residence of Prince William, his wife Catherine, and their three children.

William, the heir to the throne, and his family are believed to have been at home at the time of the burglary, according to The Sun, a London tabloid, which first reported the incident on Sunday. King Charles III and Queen Camilla also stay often at Windsor Castle, but were not there at the time.

“Offenders entered a farm building and made off with a black Isuzu pickup and a red quad bike,” the police spokesman said. “No arrests have been made at this stage and an investigation is ongoing.”

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MrNesser@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 17:34 next collapse

Gotta admit it takes an iron set of balls to rob the royals on their own estate.

andrewta@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 17:38 collapse

The clanging is what gave them away.

palordrolap@fedia.io on 18 Nov 19:19 collapse

I would have expected that vehicles belonging to members of the royal family would have had trackers on them, and in hard-to-access, hard-to-disable places too. Anything else would be pure hubris.

Also, if I was the site security, I'd be expecting a dismissal. A stolen vehicle could almost as easily have been a, er, "lethally modified" vehicle, for example.

And the new staff get to do a full sweep of everything to make sure that this theft wasn't a distraction from exactly that.

yesman@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 19:45 collapse

Offenders entered a farm building and made off with a black Isuzu pickup and a red quad bike

Somehow I doubt that the royals get chauffeured in the Isuzu much.

mosiacmango@lemm.ee on 18 Nov 19:55 collapse

Yeah this seems like maintenance equipment for the grounds.