Security and Defence of The Castle
During the medieval days of the principality, the prince could have sought refuge in the castle from a potential peasant uprising. Over the years, there has been a decreasing number of military soldiers, now only one or two police guard and patrol the outside of the castle at one given time. Most of the time there is just one guard that is stationed at the front gate. There has never been an assassination attempt on any member of the princely family, since World War II.
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