Fox News Digital has confirmed that burglars broke into a building on the royal family's Windsor Castle estate. This significant event took place in October and has raised concerns about the security of the area. The Windsor estate, which houses several employees of the royal family and is the location of Adelaide Cottage where Prince William and Kate Middleton live with their three young children, was targeted. At around 11.45 pm on Sunday 13 October, Thames Valley Police received a report of burglary at a property on Crown Estate land near the A308 in Windsor. As per the report, offenders entered a farm building and made off with a black Izuzu pickup and a red quad bike. They then headed towards the Old Windsor/Datchet area. No arrests have been made at this stage, and the investigation is ongoing.

Details of the Break-in and Its Impact

It was reported that Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their three children were at home during this October break-in. Their home is just five minutes away from the building that was burglarized. The outlet claims that the burglars must have been observing Windsor Castle for some time to know the whereabouts of the vehicles and the best time to attempt the break-in. Alarms are in place on the estate, but employees were unaware of the issue until the burglars crashed through the security barrier at a gated exit. The barrier has since needed to be replaced due to the severe damage it sustained.Just ahead of the October break-in, The Sun reported that armed guards had been removed from the two main gates of the estate. This decision was made apparently due to the shortage of qualified officers. Fox News Digital has reached out to Kensington Palace for comment, but the royal family has yet to provide a response.In 2022, the family made the move from their home in Kensington Palace to Adelaide Cottage on the more rural Windsor Castle estate. Several sources claim that William and Middleton wanted to give their children a different life than they had in London. A source close to the family told People magazine that "They are such an outdoorsy family. London just wasn't working for them anymore. The countryside is definitely their happy place."Adelaide Cottage is a four-bedroom home built in 1831 for Queen Adelaide, the wife of King William IV. It is a 10-minute walk from there to the castle itself. In 2021, a man named Jaswant Singh Chail was arrested for breaking into the Windsor Castle estate. He scaled the walls with a loaded crossbow on Christmas Day with the intention of killing Queen Elizabeth II. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison.Fox News Digital's Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report. Emily Trainham is an entertainment editor for Fox News Digital.