It was an ordinary Sunday night on a school week in October when masked men scaled a 6ft fence at Windsor Castle. The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children were in residence, asleep at Adelaide Cottage in the grounds. “They must have been watching the castle for a while,” a source told The Sun of the break-in on October 13. The two thieves entered Shaw Farm, inside the castle’s security zone, and raided farm equipment, using a stolen truck to ram a security gate as they fled. No arrests have been made.
Thankfully the royals were undisturbed. Yet audacious high-profile burglaries are on the rise in Britain, targeting the rich, from celebrities in their pristine mansions on quiet London streets to Premier League footballers in their mock Tudor piles in Cheshire. Not all victims are so lucky as to be unaware. Recently it emerged that the actress Anya Taylor-Joy and her husband, Malcolm McRae, an actor and musician, had fallen victim to a break-in while staying at a property in north London. Masked intruders forced their way into the home and attempted to gain access to the couple’s bedroom while they were inside.
