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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gemma McSherry

Fake priest ‘spends night at army barracks near Windsor Castle’

The band of the Coldstream Guards, who are housed at Victoria Barracks, play Happy Birthday to the Queen at Windsor Castle last month.
The band of the Coldstream Guards, who are housed at Victoria Barracks, play Happy Birthday to the Queen at Windsor Castle last month. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

An investigation into an “extraordinary breach of security” is under way after an intruder pretending to be a priest reportedly spent the night eating and drinking with soldiers at a barracks close to Windsor Castle.

Police were alerted to reports of an intruder at Victoria Barracks on Sheet Street, Windsor on Wednesday, while the Queen was at Sandringham for Easter.

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