Overview

• Excerpts in the Sunday Times report that Camilla, then about 16–17, struck a man with her shoe heel on a train and alerted a uniformed official, after which the man was arrested.
• The anecdote is presented second‑hand in Power and the Palace, which recounts that Camilla described the episode to Boris Johnson during a 2008 meeting at Clarence House.
• Low and sources cited in the book link the teenage experience to Camilla’s sustained advocacy for victims of domestic and sexual violence.
• Buckingham Palace has not issued a substantive comment on the account as coverage of the excerpts has widened across UK and international outlets.
• Reporting notes Camilla’s reluctance to foreground her own experience, with the book saying she supports disclosure if it encourages other victims to seek help.