Overview
- Reports say a woman known to security entered a designated zone at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on 9 September during the WellChild Awards while Prince Harry was inside.
- Tabloid accounts describe the woman being found in a hotel restroom making odd remarks and publish a photo showing her beside Harry’s car outside the venue.
- Two days later, the same individual was intercepted at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies in West London, with no police present and staff or private security stepping in, according to the coverage.
- Outlets cite sources stating the woman appears on a private firm’s watch list of potential threats and was previously sighted during Harry and Meghan’s visit to Nigeria in May 2024.
- The incidents follow Harry’s reduced taxpayer-funded protection since 2020 and a May 2025 appeals-court defeat in his effort to restore routine police security during UK visits.