After splitting from Princess Diana in 1992, then-Prince Charles was living at his private apartments in St James's Palace, near his sister Princess Anne's London home.
The royal shared his apartment with his two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, while they studied at Ludgrove School in Wokingham, before leaving home to board at Eton.
Despite being located in what was known as the "most senior royal palace", the home was subject to a break-in in 1994, while Charles was on a ski trip in Klosters, Switzerland.
The intruder is believed to have climbed scaffolding erected around the exterior during ongoing apartment renovations. They stole several valuable items, including some with big sentimental value.
Personal correspondence between Charles and Camilla and even a set of cufflinks with intertwined C's that were reportedly gifted to him by his now-wife were among the stolen goods.
© GettyAt the time, security was branded "abysmal", especially considering there had been other royal residences that had suffered from security threats.
While nobody was arrested at the time, Italian burglar Renato Rinino reportedly confessed to the crime three years later. Having recently moved to London, he claimed he had seen an opportune moment with the scaffolding and wasn't aware of the identity of his target.
He had smuggled the stolen items back to Italy, but in 1998, several were recovered by police.
King Charles moving to York House with two sons
© GettyCharles and his sons later moved into York House on the Palace's grounds from 1997 to 2003. Built for Prince Frederick of Wales on his marriage in 1736, the wing of the palace is thought to include drawing rooms on the first floor and the servants' rooms on the top floor.
In his memoir Spare, Prince Harry reflected on his time at the home following the death of his mother in 1997.
"Pa, apparently, didn’t want me to spend the break wandering aimlessly around St. James’s Palace, where he’d been mostly living since his breakup with Mummy, and where Willy and I had lived whenever it was our allotted time with Pa.
"He feared what I might get up to in that big palace all by myself. He feared I might glimpse a newspaper, overhear a radio. More, he feared I might be photographed through an open window, or while playing with my toy soldiers in the gardens," he wrote, recalling his half-term break.
