Travellers from Europe descend on car park yards from Windsor Castle

Travellers have descended on a car park just a few miles from Windsor Castle.

The group are thought to be from France and Germany and parked with a fleet of 35 caravans and £130,000 Audis and BMWs.

It comes as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a historic Brexit deal with EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen today in Windsor.

The travellers set up in Windsor’s Alexandra Gardens car park, where a season ticket sells for £1,540.

They created a makeshift camp over the weekend where they have been flashing their luxury cars.

Travellers have descended on a car park less than half a mile from Windsor Castle

The group is thought to be from France and Germany and set up camp alongside a fleet of 35 caravans and luxury £130,000 Audis and BMWs

Their fleet of luxury cars includes an Audi RS-6 (pictured) that is worth more than £130,000

The travellers were in Alexandra Gardens car park in Windsor, where a season ticket sells for £1,540

The fleet included an Audi RS-6 worth more than £130,000. A £110,000 BMW M5 and a £75,000 Mercedes convertible were also seen, both with French number plates.

It came as Mr Sunak and Mrs von der Leyen shook hands on new Brexit rules for Northern Ireland, dubbed the Windsor Deal, today amid claims of a dramatic breakthrough.

They created a makeshift camp in the car park in Windsor over the course of this weekend

Bags of rubbish were seen littering the ground after the travellers set up their camp in the car park

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The PM and EU Commission president finalised the package after talks in Windsor, in the culmination of months of painstaking negotiations.

Cabinet will be briefed on the agreement before the pair hold a press conference. 

Downing Street hailed ‘significant and far-reaching’ concessions, and there are bombshell rumours this afternoon that the DUP is ready to accept the agreement.

The reports come despite the unionists having set red lines that looked very difficult to meet, including completely removing the role of the European Court of Justice. 

An Audi RS-6 worth £130,000 was also spotted parked in the travellers’ camp

This Mercedes convertible at the site is worth £75,000

The travellers parked their caravans just three miles from where a historic Brexit deal was agreed

The travellers from Europe have taken over the car park and left rubbish on the ground

Having the DUP on board would pave the way for the restoration of power-sharing at Stormont. 

But party leader Jeffrey Donaldson played down the claims in the Irish News, tweeting: ‘We’ll take our time to consider the detail and measure a deal against our seven tests.’

In other positive noises for Mr Sunak, Northern Ireland minister and self-styled Brexit hard man Steve Baker – who has been on ‘resignation watch’ over the past few days – said this afternoon the Government is on the verge of a ‘fantastic’ deal. 

Mr Sunak could still face a rough ride from Tories when he makes a statement to the Commons this evening.

Allies of Mr Sunak are waiting nervously to see how former prime minister Boris Johnson will react to the revised terms.

Meanwhile, the Government is facing a backlash for dragging the King into the political pressure-cooker – as Charles will meet Mrs von der Leyen separately this afternoon during her visit. 

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Fairmont Hotel in Windsor today

The government is facing a furious backlash for dragging the King into the political pressure-cooker

Rishi Sunak has thrashed out a ‘Stormont lock’ designed to give Northern Ireland a say – but not a veto – over new EU trade laws that will continue to apply 

EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen took the Eurostar to London ahead of the meeting with the PM in Windsor

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker was in Downing Street again today, amid rumours that whips have put him on ‘resignation watch’

The Windsor hotel was being used as a venue for the talks this afternoon 

Mr Sunak tweeted ahead of the meeting with Mrs von der Leyen 

Jeffrey Donaldson tried to cool claims the DUP is ready to back the PM’s Brexit deal for NI 

Brussels is thought to have agreed to ditch checks and paperwork on almost all goods and produce sent from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland. 

Red and green customs channels will be used to distinguish what is bound for the province and the Republic, which is inside the EU 

Mr Sunak is believed to have secured a package that removes single market rules from 90 per cent of products made in Northern Ireland, as long as they are not bound for the EU.

Although Northern Ireland might still be covered by future EU legislation, there will be a democratic mechanism intended to ensure its politicians have a say and consultation with London.

In one potential flashpoint, the European Court of Justice will stay as the final arbiter on single market rules in Northern Ireland. But there will be protections designed to demonstrate that cases cannot be referred directly by the EU.

In what could be a crucial win, Mr Sunak appears to have persuaded the bloc that the text of the protocol should be tweaked – something it previously refused to do.