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A known stalker of Prince Harry'sgot within a stone's throw of him twice at the High Court in London, it is claimed. The unnamed woman, who is said to be known to the Duke of Sussex's security team, reportedly was spotted in the public gallery at the court, just a few metres from him.

Harry had been in London last week to attend the opening four days of his privacy trial against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail. It is believed that when the woman was spotted by Harry's team, they alerted court staff, but they were reportedly unable to do anything.

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A source close to Harry told The Telegraph: "There is nothing they could do; they are not the police. It’s a public building, and she has a right to be there." Last September, when Harry visited the UK for a string of engagements, the same woman is said to have got within metres of him on two ocassions.

She was said to have been found hiding in the toilets of a swanky London hotel, just minutes before Harry arrived to attend the annual WellChild Awards. Days later, she was also reportedly 'body-blocked' by his private security team during a visit to Imperial College London’s Centre for Blast Injury Studies.

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.

In May, Harry lost his case at the Court of Appeal against the Home Office to have his automatic police protection restored after his security arrangements when in the UK changed when he and wife Meghan, quit their royal roles and the UK.

However, last month it emerged that his security arrangements were being reviewed after he wrote to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment and submitted a formal request for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec).

During his previous High Court case, Harry argued that his security situation in the UK made it "impossible" for him to safely bring his wife Meghan and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, back to his home country.

In an interview after the Court of Appeal handed down the judgement last May, he told the BBC : "For the time being, it’s impossible for me to take my family back to the UK safely. I will continue on with a life of public service. So I will always support the charities and the people that mean so much to me.

"I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point, and the things that they’re going to miss is, well, everything you know. I love my country, I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done. So you know? I miss the UK, I miss parts of the UK.

"Of course I do. And I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland." At present, Harry must inform the Metropolitan Police a month before travelling to the UK, who look at his security needs on a case-by-case basis. But his lawyers have previously argued this has put his life "at stake".