Mysterious: Sarah Harrison has hit the headlines this week as Assange's lover and Edward Snowden's travel companion They are the kind of quietly decent, middle-class people universally recognised as the backbone of England. Now retired, Ian Harrison used to be an executive with clothes retailer Burtons, while his wife Jennifer has devoted her life to developing methods of helping children with learning difficulties to read. Not the kind of family to be involved with the story of an international spy fleeing from justice — unless they were watching a blockbuster film. But all this week at their cosy farmhouse in East Sussex, they have thought of little else.
@highlight
Sarah Harrison, 31 has been shepherding former CIA technician Edward Snowden to Moscow
@highlight
Became an expert on extradition by helping Assange in Ecuadorian embassy
@highlight
Not known if Miss Harrison and Assange are still in a relationship
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
Russia says that, since @placeholder has not passed through immigration, he has not technically entered the country.
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
So @placeholder’s future freedom is largely in the hands of Sarah, whose friends describe as ‘very committed, very determined and a good organiser who loves being at the centre of things where there is some excitement’.
Sarah Harrison
Sarah Harrison
@placeholder was a good runner and swimmer and bright, too — ‘a good all-rounder who enjoyed her time at the school’, says her father proudly.