The woman, who claimed she was attacked by Harris as a child, sent notes to staff at Buckingham Palace in 2005
An alleged victim of Rolf Harris, who was found guilty of all 12 charges of indecently assaulting four girls in the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties yesterday, wrote to the Queen to warn her of his predatory behaviour.
The woman sent a letter claiming that the veteran TV presenter, 84, had attacked her as a child to Buckingham Palace in 2005 as he painted the monarch’s portrait.
The Letter That Sealed Rolf Harris’ Fate
“He ruined my life. You need to know what kind of man you’ve let near the Queen,” she wrote to royal staff.
The notes, which remained anonymous, were handed to Scotland Yard’s Royal Protection Group, who certified their credibility and filed them as evidence.
However, they remained uninvestigated until Harris became an official suspect in 2012.
Scotland Yard have thus far declined to comment on the letters.
The oil painting, titled “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Present”, took Harris two months to complete and was based on two sittings with the Queen in 2005.
Its creation was the subject of a BBC TV programme, and it hung in the palace until 2007, before being returned to the BBC. It was loaned to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 2012.
Asked where the portrait is now, a BBC spokesperson said: “We’ve been asked about this before and the position hasn’t changed. The BBC does not have this painting in its collection.”
