The Royal Family's security team is facing an increasing challenge as the number of potential stalkers continues to rise. In the past three years, nearly 500 individuals have been flagged as threats, with 35 of them deemed to pose the highest risk, per the Mirror. This is an 11 percent increase from the previous period when 24 people fell into the most serious category, per figures from the Metropolitan Police's Fixated Threat Assessment Centre.
The police's Royalty and Specialist Protection Team works tirelessly to safeguard the Royal Family, but former Met royal protection chief Dai Davies warned that the danger is ever-present. "Unfortunately, there will always be deranged individuals who want to harm the Royal Family," he told the Mirror. "The difficult task is identifying those with the means and determination to act."
