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Dai Davies, who was head of the Royal Protection Command between 1994 and 1998, called for the individuals to be sacked if they are found guilty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“If it’s true and the allegations are sustained and proved, then those guilty should be disciplined or sacked,” Mr Davies exclusively told the Express. “Supervision should be reviewed. It is totally unacceptable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“And, given the current threat level, all royal palaces should be tightly guarded, and those charged with protecting all the royals and their palace homes and movements should be on high alert.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The worrying update comes after three serious incidents have occurred in and around the castle grounds. In June last year, an intruder in his 30s climbed a wall<\/a> and was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and possession of Class-A drugs. Meanwhile, a crossbow-wielding man broke in on Christmas Day in 2021, declaring that he was there to \u201ckill the Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Other serious security scares include thieves taking a pick-up truck and a quad bike from an estate farm and using them to smash through a security gate near the Prince and Princess of Wales’s former home, Adelaide Cottage, in October 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A source told The Sun<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve heard one allegation suggests someone clocking on for duty and then not turning up at their post. It\u2019s an embarrassment for the police, as well as exposing a potential security breach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThese are serious allegations which could lead to officers being suspended and placed under investigation for misconduct and dereliction of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Met further confirmed in a statement: \u201cOur Directorate of Professional Standards has launched an urgent investigation following concerns raised regarding the conduct of a number of officers on protective duties at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe allegations include officers leaving posts unattended and sleeping while on duty. The alleged behaviour falls below the high standards expected of officers, particularly in frontline protective roles. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has been informed and concluded that this matter will be investigated locally by the Met.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs part of their enquiries, DPS is assessing whether any of those under investigation should be placed on restricted duties. A decision is expected to be made on this before the end of next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dai Davies, who was head of the Royal Protection Command between 1994 and 1998, called for the individuals to be sacked if they are found guilty. “If it’s true and the allegations are sustained and proved, then those guilty should be disciplined or sacked,” Mr Davies exclusively told the Express. “Supervision should be reviewed. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2422016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[474606,183049,262648,195881,23181,22769,364124,24228,353691],"class_list":["post-2422015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-armed-guards-windsor","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-king-charles-latest","tag-king-charles-news","tag-police","tag-royal-family","tag-royal-family-latest","tag-royal-family-news","tag-windsor-castle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ex-top-cop-breaks-silence-as-King-Charless-guards-sleep-on.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2422017,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422015\/revisions\/2422017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}