Overview

• Reports say a woman identified by Harry’s private team as a fixated individual entered a ‘secure zone’ at the WellChild Awards on 9 September and was again spotted near him two days later at Imperial College London.
• At the West London blast-injury centre event there was no police presence, and a member of Harry’s private staff physically blocked the woman after recognizing her from a privately compiled watchlist.
• New accounts add that the woman was found hiding in a hotel bathroom about 20 minutes before Harry arrived for the awards and was removed, and she has previously been seen following the couple as far as Nigeria.
• Some outlets report the Metropolitan Police voluntarily provided protection for the WellChild ceremony that day, though there was no such cover at the later engagement.
• Former counter-terrorism chief Neil Basu called the lack of a fresh threat assessment a mistake; Harry last had a formal review in 2019, lost his appeal in May, and continues to seek a reassessment as he questions bringing his family to the UK without guaranteed protection.