Prince Harry 'stalker found hiding in toilets minutes before he arrived at UK event'

A known 'stalker' of Prince Harry's was reportedly found hiding in the toilets of a swanky London hotel just minutes before he was due to arrive for an event.

It comes after the same woman is said to have been "body blocked" by Harry's security just days later during his trip to the UK last month. Harry spent four days in the UK on a solo trip where he attended a series of charity events and also reunited with the King for the first time in 19 months. One of those events includedthe WellChild Awards ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotelin West London, where the female stalker is said to have entered a "secure zone".

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Now it has been reported that she was found in the hotel's female toilets just 20 minutes before the Duke of Sussex was due to arrive and was mumbling "odd comments". She was evicted just before Harry arrived.

A source told The Sun: "There was no police presence or close protection. It was left to two staffers from his office to intervene. This time, they got lucky."

It comes after The Telegraph revealed that two days later, the woman was spotted “a stone’s throw” from the duke when he visited Imperial College London’s Centre for Blast Injury Studies.

It was reported that a member of Harry’s private security staff “body-blocked” the woman to prevent her from getting any closer.

The woman has been identified as a “fixated individual” by the duke’s personal protection team and has a history of following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the newspaper said. She was even spotted in Nigeria during the couple’s visit in 2024. Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, announced they were stepping back as working members of the royal family in January 2020.

Following their departure from the Royal Family, the couple was told that they would not be able to retain the full-time police protection granted to the royals.

The Sussexes would instead receive a "bespoke" security service, whereby they would be required to give 30 days’ notice of any plans to travel to the UK, with each visit being assessed for threat levels and whether protection is needed.

In May, Harry lost his Court of Appeal challenge over his security arrangements while in the UK and said, in the TV interview following the decision, he "can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK".

On Saturday, Meghan attended the Balenciaga show at Paris Fashion Week in support of her friend, the fashion designer Pierpaolo Piccioli.

Meghan, who announced her arrival in Paris with an Instagram story, wore a white outfit of wide-leg trousers and a blazer from the collection for the show on Saturday.