Overview

• The account appears in an excerpt of Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace published by The Times, attributing the story to Guto Harri’s retelling of a private conversation with Boris Johnson.
• According to the book, Camilla was about 16 or 17 on a train to Paddington when a man tried to assault her, and she struck him with her shoe heel before reporting him to police, leading to an arrest.
• The episode was not previously public and is now being reported by multiple outlets as context for Camilla’s focus on services for sexual-violence survivors.
• Coverage highlights her sustained work supporting survivors, including backing Sexual Assault Referral Centres in London, engagement with SafeLives, and promotion of the Wash Bags initiative.
• No official contradiction from the Royal Household is reported in the articles summarizing the book’s extract.