She added: “There (was) glitter, flutter-fetti – orange – and jigsaw puzzle pieces that have been spread around different parts of the court; either side of the net.”

Wimbledon staff cleared the jigsaw pieces and confetti by hand and using leaf blowers, she added.

The pair were arrested at 14:16 BST.

Around two hours later, Ward, also captured on bodycam footage wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt, went onto the same court.

By that time, British player Katie Boulter had started competing against Australia’s Daria Saville.

Ms Dite claimed Ward’s protest was met with louder “boos” from the crowd, many of whom had already witnessed the first incident.

That year AELTC spent “hundreds of thousands of pounds” to manage potential protests after Just Stop Oil demonstrated at the World Snooker Championships and Ashes Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground, she said.

Court 18 is a show court, where many top seeds play in front of “a few hundred” people and there is extensive video coverage, Ms Dite added.