Overview

• An excerpt from Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace in the Times/Sunday Times publicized the anecdote ahead of the book’s September release.
• The book reports Camilla, then about 16–17 on a train to Paddington, struck a man with her heel and pointed him out at the station, leading to an arrest.
• Low attributes the story to former Boris Johnson aide Guto Harri, who recalls Johnson relaying Camilla’s account from a 2008 meeting at Clarence House.
• Buckingham Palace has declined to comment on the reported incident.
• Coverage places the claim alongside Camilla’s long-standing work on sexual and domestic violence, noting initiatives such as the 2013 washbags project and charity patronages, while friends quoted in the Mail say she has not framed the episode as the origin of her campaigning.