Overview

• Reports say a woman on a list of fixated individuals twice approached within feet of the duke during his September trip, first after entering a secure zone at the Royal Lancaster Hotel for the WellChild Awards and later near Imperial College’s Centre for Blast Injury Studies.
• A member of Harry’s private team recognized the woman and physically blocked her at the second location, where there was no police presence according to security sources.
• Police declined to discuss arrangements, while some outlets report senior Metropolitan Police officers voluntarily provided protection for the WellChild event only.
• The woman is said to be tracked by a private intelligence firm supporting Harry’s security and has previously followed the Sussexes abroad, including to Nigeria in 2024.
• The encounters follow Harry’s May Court of Appeal loss over reinstating automatic police protection, and former counter-terror chief Neil Basu has called the lack of an updated threat assessment since 2019 a mistake.