FIVE soldiers who protect the Queen were arrested after a boozy brawl yards from Windsor Castle.

The Queen was in residence at the castle, at the time of the 1.30am fight.

Drunken Coldstream Guards were caught up in a kebab shop brawl on the way back to their barracks.

Five of the soldiers got involved in a 1.30am scrap involving at least eight men after a row.

The violence, caught on CCTV, spilled outside and several men were seen running towards Victoria Barracks, the infantry regiment’s Windsor base.

Insiders said it was not clear what triggered Friday’s scrap at Ramsey’s Grill but rumours at the base suggested the guards waded in after seeing diners being abused.

Owner Sam Al-Hassan, 40, said: “There were about three boys in with three girls.

“They’d all been drinking and ordered food. Everything was fine until another man came in and started shouting and swearing at them.

“These boys went over to him and they started fighting. It quickly escalated and went outside where a lot more people got involved.”

Yanni Perry, 22, who was upstairs, said: “There was screaming then thuds, like someone was being punched.”

An Army source said: “The five lads were on the smash. They left a pub and on the way home went to a kebab house where there was an altercation with these blokes. Three got nicked there and then, and two more later on in the barracks. No-one really knows what the row was over. It just kicked off.”

Police said four men from Windsor, aged 21, 22, 23 and 27, and a 26-year-old from Leeds were taken into custody before being released under investigation.

An Army spokesman confirmed that five Coldstream Guards were arrested over an “incident” in Windsor.

The Coldstream Guards, the Army’s oldest continuously serving regiment, are responsible for protecting the Queen. They gave US President Donald Trump a ceremonial welcome in front of her at Windsor Castle in July.