Overview
- Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace reports that, as a teenager in the 1960s, Camilla struck a man with her shoe heel to escape a sexual assault on a train to Paddington.
- According to the account, she alerted police at the station and the man was arrested.
- The episode was said to have been disclosed privately in 2008 during discussions tied to plans for rape-support centres involving then–London mayor Boris Johnson.
- Coverage differs on sourcing, with some reports attributing the story’s relay to Johnson and others to his former communications chief, Guto Harri.
- Reporting links the anecdote to Camilla’s long-standing work with survivors, including hosting a 2012 Clarence House event and visiting support centres and victims during later tours.