These are some of the hilarious drawings and cartoons that the UK papers are running with yesterday and today, in the wake of Prince Harry and The Scandal of the Royal Jewels. Never have I been more proud to be an American when I realized that American blogs, newspapers and TV shows were all running with TMZ’s photos of Naked Harry, and that none of the UK outlets could use the photos. Why is that? Because the Queen’s lawyers have been threatening every UK media outlet!
A legal team representing the royal family has moved to block UK tabloids from running Prince Harry’s naked pictures, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. London-based law firm Harbottle & Lewis sent Britain’s biggest newspapers legal letters claiming that snaps of Harry, 27, covering his crown jewels with his hands during a game of naked billiards in Las Vegas over the weekend, were in breach of the Press Complaints Commission code.
However, despite the ban imposed on the British press, photos of Harry’s rear end have circulated around the world from U.S. to Australia!
“In an effort to sweep this under the carpet as quickly as possible, Harbottle & Lewis have told the British papers not to run Prince Harry’s naked pictures,” a source revealed. “The lawyers said any one publishing them would be in breach of the PCC. The media outlets were also warned that their privileges for access to media events featuring the royal family could be restricted if they did use the pictures. Of course, the British media is very careful when a royal scandal is revealed nowadays and has to bow down to the royal family’s demands. But despite the ban on the UK press, the pictures have already circulated around the world on the internet. Everyone has seen them, so Harry’s blushes will never be spared – not in this day and age,” the source revealed.
In an attempt at working around the ban, British tabloid The Sun staged their own reenactment. They hilariously snapped one of their reporters standing in the nude, clutching his private parts with a mystery girl behind him.
You can see The Sun’s “re-enactment” here. I’m kind of surprised that Rupert Murdoch’s papers didn’t go ahead and run the photos anyway – it’s not like Murdoch and his journalists are royalists, or afraid of the Queen and her lawyers at all. But I guess Murdoch is weakened since the hacking scandal. As for the other papers, they’re mostly running cartoons, drawings, and old photos of Harry. It’s insane to me that the papers would self-censor just because the Queen’s lawyers threatened them… over a naked prince. These aren’t military secrets or some diplomatic controversy that needs to be covered up – it’s a celebrity scandal. Dear UK press: grow some balls.
Meanwhile, as Harry has returned to London, I’m sure he’s been getting a royal scolding from his father and from the Queen. But it seems like the blame is being shifted onto his staff:
The Royal Family is FURIOUS over the Prince Harry naked photo fiasco … and the anger isn’t directed solely at Harry — we’re told the family is also pointing the finger at the Prince’s minders and personal security team.
Here’s what we know. The night of the naked Vegas hotel party, Harry was hanging with two male friends … after some boozing, the group decided to bring a bunch of chicks they had just met back to Harry’s VIP suite at Encore.
That’s when Harry’s people dropped the ball.
When the girls entered the room, we’re told the ladies were NOT asked to surrender their phones … an epic failure considering Harry’s well-documented wild side.
As the party fired up, several girls began to snap pics on their cell-phones … and one of Harry’s minders lackadaisically told the women, “awww, come on .. no photos.”
Sources who were there tell TMZ … the minders were asleep at the wheel, enjoying the party more than protecting the Prince from himself.
After more boozing, the clothes came off … and more photos were taken, in plain view of the handlers, yet Harry’s people did nothing.
TMZ spoke with several people in the Las Vegas VIP scene who tell us they see situations like this every day and it could have been easily contained, but as one source put it, “Harry’s team acted like a bunch of amateurs.”
I’ve said before that I bet the royal security officers all really want to be on Harry’s detail, because Harry has the most fun. But even then… horrible, terrible staff work. Of course Harry should be blamed and punished… but good God, he needs better people around him too!
Hilarious Prince Harry drawings courtesy of Stuart Heritage, Niall O’Loughlin.
naked pics of Prince Harry?!
yeah, uhhh egads…that’s um, terrible!!!
*scrabbling Google for pics*
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I’m sorry, but the fact a grown man blames his “handlers” makes me lose respect for him. He’s not little boy lost, he’s an ADULT
This! Its seems stupid to gather up a load of randoms in Vegas and not expect shizz to go down, his security team are not nannies to babysit him they are hired to provide security. It will be interesting to see how many of them keep their jobs after this.
Actually, I think that’s exactly what they are, but I still think he should know better (and I still enjoyed the pics)!
+1
The funny thing about this is, I could totally picture Harry sobbing “This is everyone’s fault but mine!” and possibly believing what comes out of his own mouth.
Yep, that’s what I was thinking. He’s what, 25 or something? He needs to stop behaving like a little boy: the handlers should have been doing a better job, but people are basically going to get fired over him being friggin’ immature and his actions stupid.
Now, said that… “Of course Harry should be blamed and punished”. I’m on board. I’m great at discipline 😀
He will be 28 on the 15th of September. He is an officer in the British Army and a senior member of the Royal family, so any excuses that he’s just a lad don’t hold much weight with me. In the grand scheme of things getting naked in Las Vegas in a private hotel suite is not the end of the world but the fact that he, his friends, and his protection officers were all so careless and lacking in discretion as to not ban the camara phones is cause for concern.
This! Grow up Harry. Stop blaming your security people.
I don’t think Harry personally blames his handlers. I think he’s probably downing a bottle of tequila, giggling and sulking because he got booted back to home after getting his ginger nuts out for everyone.
I love it and I think he’s hilarious! He can come play pool with me any day!
I agree that it seems that the ROYALS are blaming the security detail NOT Harry. I’m sure they are more like his entourage than his minders at this point. This is pretty typical spring break behavior and Harry probably didn’t get to let loose like this when he was on school breaks. He is a late bloomer and unfortunately it looks crazy at 28 years old. Poor lad. I hope his accountability and judgement catches up with his age after this episode.
Yes, indeed. They made him remove his clothes. He had nothing to do with it. Boy needs a smack on his ass and a grow the hell up.
I volunteer to spank him!
The only thing to blame here is Harry’s judgement, not the “handlers.” He is an adult.
I agree. He’s a young guy partying in Vegas but he should know better. I’m sure worse sh*t goes down in all those swank hotel suites. 15 years ago someone could’ve gotten away with antics like that but everyone has a cell phone with a camera now. He’s probably laughing about it and feels bad that his family is embarrassed but I doubt he’s crying over it. And it’s probably not the first time it’s happened – he just got caught “on film” this time.
I’m of the opinion that he should be allowed some harmless fun and I don’t begrudge him some privacy on the issue. His minders’ job is to protect his privacy, so in that respect it is their fault. And point of fact, he’s not whining about it. His family is. He embarrassed them, but don’t we all do something that makes our parents cringe at some point? I pity his obligations to the monarchy. He didn’t ask for them. I don’t see how this is his fault, really.
I guess I’m in the minority here. I totally think it’s 100% their fault. Wouldn’t it be their job to collect people’s phones? If they are supposed to protect him, I’m pretty sure that would be included…THEY should have been the sober ones watching to make sure this didn’t happen.
I’m seriously surprised at how many people are pissed and saying he should act like an adult. Sorry, but he is rich, famous, handsome and he was having sex with a woman (naked!). That IS acting like an adult! A rich famous one. What adult in his position would be doing anything different?
Just my opinion!
+10
You do not have to be rich and famous to find yourself in this position either!
I agree totally. There is a much bigger issue here than naked pictures, it is a security team who was too dumb or lazy to do their job. That phone could have been a weapon.
I would think a good security team would know how to let their charge live their life, yet protect their privacy and health at the same time.
Harry needs a new security team, one he can trust.
I agree with you. I was in Vegas earlier this year and did I act as though I was at home? No! I was on vacation. I guess most people here think my life should be ruined b/c of what I did in my hotel room. *shrugs* And it is their job to protect Harry from things like this, if not, why were they there? Most big celebs have these people that do their job correctly, apparently, b/c there are not that many pics that make it out of Vegas of them.
@ZigZagZoey-ITA. So much pearl-clutching over nothing. BFD.
Hiya Kitten! 🙂
Yes, so much pearl clutching! Imagine how much worse it would have been if he had not been clutching his pearls in that pic….!
IDK, it’s funny because usually I agreee with most of the comments here, and this really bugged me how everyone is mad at him!
He needs minders that let him live his life and yet protect him from himself. Agreed! Is Mr. Carson from “Downton Abbey” available?
Agree!! He is a rich playboy PRINCE!!! He is not the first entitled person to be silly, and really, no harm no foul! And I think it was established that he wasn’t having sex, he was playing strip billiards, and being a darn good sport about losing!
His handlers are IDJITS and need to be demoted to corgi walkers.
Who among us has not done something we would not want plastered on the interwebs?
I don’t think you are in the minority. Who cares? It’s only because the pictures are out there. If they weren’t, we wouldn’t be talking about this.
That’s on his security. He should know better, but if he is wasted it should be wholly up to his bodyguards to do their job and ensure his safety and security.
Then let the drunken highjinks begin!
I still think this would be a bigger deal for one of the girls which chaps my hide to no end.
Much ado about nothing. Harry naked or Harry in uniform, it doesn’t matter in the slightest – he’s still the same lovable, charitable, good-hearted guy. In fact, this situation amuses me and even makes me like him more. Harry is delightfully human. I hope he can laugh about this at some point… when half the world stops being scandalized by his shocking behavior.
My taxes are used to support this racist douchebag partyting. I would prefer my money is used for charity, animal shelter etc.
Seems to me that part of that security protection would include his reputation and image. Seeing girls snapping naked pics of him and not putting a stop to it DOES seem a part of their job to me. If these girls were allowed to pull out cameras so easily then what would have stopped them from picking up a table knife and stabbing him?
I think they should all be fired.
1. Agree it was a moronic move on Harry’s part. Maybe he should try to pick up less skanky (hanging around the bar in Vegas) girls next time.
2. However if I paid bodyguards, “handlers”, etc. money for “security” (i.e. saving me from my own indiscretions), I would expect them to do their morally compromising job and not slack off. Sigh – good help is hard to find (but naked pics of Prince Harry aren’t)!
3. Go ahead and blame your “handlers”, dude. It’s so much easier to do that than to actually grow up and be responsible for your own actions.
What exactly is it that you think he did wrong?
Why is everyone saying he was acting like a drunken teenager?
How many adult men do this kind of stuff?
Other than having the pics leaked, which imo is 100% the guards fault, I would think it would be standard procedure for them to take people’s phones.
WHAT is so wrong with what he did?
Ooh it’s embarrassing…He’s naked….Big deal!
Well, I’m an adult woman and single. Guess what, I’m not a virgin! Calling these girls skanks and hos just b/c they weren’t sitting in a cafe with their ankles crossed, sipping tea is a little much. They were in Vegas and they were having a good time (all of them, boys and girls alike). They aren’t prostitutes nor or they innocents being taken advantage of. Can we get away from the Madonna/whore complex, please?
Jordan ~ You are not a virgin! 🙂
::clutches pearls::
WAIT! You know what is CRACKING ME THE F UP?
If ANY of us were single and Prince Hot Ginge was rolling up at the pool drinking and flirting with us and invited us to his room, you’d all be running to that damn room!
C’mon, he is the king of yes, we’d hit it! These girls are ho’s, they are probably having a damned fine time! I’d be right there, drinking fine champagne and checking out naked Prince flesh.
Admit it! All of you! I’m dying now. It’s awfully funny to pretend to be all up in arms when we regularly debate on the hotness of dudes. He’s the hot Prince, you’d be all naked and drunk. At least I hope so. 🙂
@Tiff-I’d be pushing those chicks out of the way to get minez! 😀
@ZZZ-I know and I 100% agree. This is one of the biggest NON-stories out here.
Although I do agree with Tiff that the double-standard is NAUSEATING. But as I have said before-women are held to a higher standard than men. I think it’s a credit to us.
Still, come on guys-this is Prince Ginge. I’d hit it like the Palace is on fire. And then I would promptly quit it like a bad habit because come on, Prince Ginge is not BF material.
Oops big old iPad typo, these girls are not ho’s, they are partying their panties off with Prince Hot Ginge, lucky bitches!
Top shelf Prince and drinks. I’m down for some naked billiards! Hopefully we’d hit it hard, safe and epically and then quit it for sure.
I’m sure sweetshops were wrecked and I bet a lot of CB ladies would be down for that! I’m sure it was all innocent fun, right?
@ZigZagZoey, Yes, I’ve been known to get my groove on or two (reminiscing) yes…yes…wait, where was I? OH, yeah, Prince Harry. Yeah, I’d hit it until he cried, but that still don’t make me a skank ho, is all’s I’m saying.
OMG…as ZZZ, OKitt and OTiif said….
TOTAL non-story. Hot ginge prince Harry acting like an *exuberant*, hot young man in his twenties will, lol. I think the story is hilarious! Totally agree that the double standard for the girls involved SUX, but how often have we seen that in play recently?
@ OTiff…you took the words right out of my mouth. Promiscuous is the last thing I would ever call myself, BUT…at that age, at a raging pool party, everyone over-served and a smokin’ ginger Prince? I would DRIVE him like I STOLE him, if given a nano-chance. He is a completely tasty little morsel.
In other words….HELL YEAH! I would TOTALLY hit that, haha 🙂
I guess I missed the part where HARRY is blaming his security people… Oh wait, the article doesn’t say that, does it?
Oh, come on, he’s just 27…where have I heard that before…she’s only 22. Same scenario.
Let’s face it…the Royal Family can’t fool anyone anymore. Not with the “invention” of social media and camera phones. They’ve been behaving badly for centuries.
Sure does look like a good time though!
Lmfao at the second illustration!! I think this will blow over soon. I like Harry alot but he has to use better judgment in the future so things like this won’t ever happen to him again.
What a difference a Constitution makes.
+ 1
Seriously, I don’t get why so much praise get thrown at these mediocre people. Unless not completely sucking is now praiseworthy.
And the argument against a republic seems to boil down to, “What, would you have one of us do it? We hate us!” No, better these people who, I guarantee you do not give a second thought about anything but their own privilege, represent the UK. Or the false argument of costs that never takes into account security costs, the various grants provided by the government, or the fact that the various Ducal estates that provides the bulk of their income belongs to the people of the UK, not the Windsors.
People stan for Harry and William but how is it okay to keep sending their elderly grandparents out to do unglamorous jobs while they whine about their lives? William, especially. Harry is Prince Andrew part II and William’s version of being normal is making use of his privileges while partying as much as his wealthy friends and avoiding any responsibilities.
There’s little to no substance there with both of them.
William was getting bad press in the UK, and hey, look he finally went back to work and even saved someone again. How convenient. Everything is okay with Harry because one magical day in the future he’ll actually go back to Afghanistan.
As for the older members of the family: Prince Charles actually does dabble in government decisions -google around and you’ll find the stories, and the Queen is a whiny snob who is mostly protected because it’s a huge faux pas to repeat her words. But more often than not what we do get to hear is rude and demanding. And Prince Andrew has only gotten away with his behavior because the Queen protects him. She resented Mick Jagger being knighted but has no problem giving Andrew honors. Seriously, does being a Knight of the Garter even mean anything anymore or is it just another funny costume for royalty if even Andrew and William are members?
Sorry for the rant. I’m still grossed out by homeless people being used as forced labor for the Jubilee Regatta.
The “news” of Prince William rescuing people always makes me chuckle. Isn’t that his job?
Don’t countless other people in the same position perform rescue operations on a regular basis and never get so much as a mention?
I wonder what they think of his “heroics.”
Don’t apologise, marry me!
If only these outlets had been around during the days of the future Edward VII, George IV, Edward II–Edmund The Black Adder and other illustrious reprobates: it would really make the power base rethink its stance on inbreeding. You don’t want to turn on kin in public and if your family tree doesn’t fork, you have to farm out all responsibility to the bemused help and all of its motley DNA.
Hire me for princess, I don’t care about impressing random skanks or the intricacies of table bowling. I could turn this dynasty around.
Am I the only one who thinks that whoever leaked these photos is a complete ass?
Nope. They are.
Oh good! I think that’s what bothers me the most about all of this…
I also think whoever leaked the photos is a complete ass.
Unless he was harming someone there was no need for the photos to be leaked.
It was tacky of the leak-er
Yes they are but seriously Harry was’nt looking someone honest and noble when he invited them up to his room.
I wonder though – I mean do Americans really care about royal princes? It was crappy to sell the pics but honestly I bet whoever did it wasn’t really thinking this would be a HUGE royal scandal…not really getting that this could potentially screw up Harry’s military career, etc. I just really think Americans are like whatevah…
I can scarcely think of a population that cares about that more.
I’m American, and I don’t give a crap about them. I never partied naked but do those pics shock me? Hell no.
The Telegraph is reporting that TMZ paid £10,000 for the pictures (approx. $15,000) and is selling them to other sites and papers for $20,000 a pop and lists over 30 sites where the photos can be viewed since they are currently banned in Great Britian. This is for 2 blurry cell phone shots.
Do I think it is sleazy to sell these kinds of exploitive pictures to the tabloids? Sure I do. But I am even more flabbergasted at the finances driving the whole sordid business.
+1!
Wow, good research! I’m impressed!
I would have leaked them-no questions asked, full frontal. He will always be a prince. I have student loans and a job that can’t pay them off …all by accident of birth. You snooze you lose!!!
How very classy of you.
…and this may very well be what the thought process was of the person(s) who leaked the photo. His handlers may very well have attempted to collect phones, and someone may have lied about having one on them.
Bottom line: meh, it’s Vegas.
It’s wrong to infantilize Harry or to shift the blame on his staff. I don’t know what the technical responsibilities are of the staff, but they are probably more like making sure he is safe, has everything he needs, etc. They should not be responsible for making sure Harry does not make an ass out of himself. This is HARRY’s responsibility, pure and simple.
I don’t see how people can (rightly) hold Kristen Stewart accountable for her affair when she tries to put it off on Rupert Sanders and NOT hold Harry completely as accountable for this. He is an ADULT and he should not have babysitters. He should not be getting a pass from either the media or the Royal Family.
I don’t know what the job requirements are of his security and his minders, so I can’t really judge whether or not they were asleep on the job. But seriously, this should not be their job in the first place.
+1 again!
Agreed. This is the only instance I see blatant sexism.
The pats on the backs and “oh that rascal” support he’ll get does make one wonder just how much responsibility women have to shoulder for everything.
The simple solution is that Harry and Kristin should have kept their clothes on.
Yup! They both f*cked up, now own it.
And haven’t they heard that if you lie with the dogs you get up with the fleas? Geeez…….
Goes back to the typical ‘he’s a stud/she’s a slut’ attitude..when both individuals do the same thing. Sexism will ALWAYS exist.
Agree 100%.
Harry and his friends invited the girls back up to their room, not the security team.
Also, didn’t Harry see the girls snapping photos?
Yes it seems as though he saw them taking his picture which is why he’s covered his “bits and pieces” and turned his head. He was probably trashed and not using good judgement and never thought some a’hole would sell him out. He has so much to learn…
On the one hand he is an adult blah,blah, blah BUT it is one of the job descriptions in the royal protection officers manual which is why you very rarely see pap pics of the royal family.
It isn’t that they are being terribly discreet, it’s that the security people always prevent the paps from getting close or taking pictures.
It sounds like this was a scenerio they didn’t expect was a problem ie extended a level of trust to the randoms when they should have been treating as they would normally treat paps.
It also implies that this isn’t the first time this has happened if they felt relaxed about the situation.
BTW – Harry himself hasn’t offerred up excuses nor is he blaming anyone. This is all TPTB.
It’s a tempest in a teapot.
Shame on them they should of took the groupie and ho’s workshop before going to vegas.
🙂 Good thing I wasn’t drinking coffee when I read your comment. It would have come out through my nose when I laughed.
LOL!!
HAHAHA!!!
Aahaha! This story is too funny!!
Knew this would happen. Some people are probably out of jobs and blacklisted now.
It’s sad for the workers.
Sorry but he a grown ass man and to put the blame on his “handlers” is just pathetic.
This was the only part that pissed me off about the whole thing.
He’s a price, he’s not gonna face any real consequences but those men are gonna be chewed out to within an inch of their careers and given the brunt of his punishments.
Time to grow up Harry, it’s getting old…literally.
Imagine if a princess pulled this stunt.
Kate is called worse for wearing skinny jeans.
I dare say she’d either have to make a public apology or be hidden away till a two years had passed for her indiscretion.
In other words her life would be hell.
She would be ruined. Sexism exists because people perpetrate/accept it. Commenters would be judging every inch of a naked princess getting slammed from behind by a stranger. Why is this okay?
Well, it’s not such a big deal, is it? We’ve all got family jewels.
However, it would infuriate me if my head of state could so blatantly control the press in my country. I’m surprised the British accept this.
I’m an expat and really quite often I’ll read news over here about some scandal involving a minor royal and my family in England know nothing about it. Any negative gossip about the family is firmly kept out of the British press.
We all knew this stuff went on. He’s a prince, he’s single, he was in Vegas to party. Now we just have photographic proof of what we all knew was happening anyway. I don’t think this hurts Harry or the royal family. I think they should just let it die. Honestly, he didn’t hurt anyone but himself. He was naked and drunk with a bunch of other naked drunk people. It’s called being in your 20’s and single. If anything this is a good wake up call for him that maybe it’s time to grow up a bit.
Is he putting the blame on others? I don’t feel that we’ve heard anything from him about it.
Anyway, it was a stupid thing to do male or female, but really, who cares? It’s like the Kevin Yoder thing.
Skinny dipping in the sea of Galilee may not be the most senatorial behavior, but have I gone skinny dipping in inappropriate places as an adult (a beach in the EC)? Yes. Do I regret it? Absolutely not. Am I glad there are no pictures of it? Sure.
oops, meant for the commenter below.
I completely agree. I’m really surprised this is still a story. He wasn’t traveling on palace business and he’s not cheating on a significant other. The palace should just stay quiet and let this blow over (and Harry should apologize to Lochte for not inviting him, because you know Lochte’s feelings are hurt).
That said, I hope no security officer loses his job over this. I hope it’s understood that keeping him safe (which they did) is more important than keeping him from being embarrassed.
This story is getting old. He always seems to pass the buck on his choices. It would have been better to just let it blow over, than put the blame on others.
The notion that the press should ‘protect’ the dignity of the royal family is absurd. Not only does he get a free ride to Vegas courtesy of UK tax payers, but he also gets his privacy, please…
You really think this is the first time that this kind of censorship has happened??
This is the reason we have no evidence [unless you know where to look] of William’s party ways. or other members of the family past and present.
If those pictures hadn’t gone viral in minutes, i am pretty sure they would have been taken down. And would have been swept under the carpet.
Honestly, everyone is so naive if they think this is something out of the ordinary. The only thing unusual about it is that there are photos. I’m sure this is fairly mild on the debauchery scale for royals and rich & famous guys.
He’s got a nice bod – glad to see the pics!
The bummer is that Prince Harry will probably curtail all of his partying with the peasants due to the freak that sold him out with these photos. After this episode he probably will only party with his inner circle.
His security team and handlers did not do their job and they probably should have prevented the prince from bringing the women back to the room. These women sound like gutter rats. If they sold the pictures to TMZ what is to prevent them from selling their story.
+10.
Exactly, whoever needs naming and shaming then let’s see how many parties they get invited to in the future!!
I would really love for someone to expose the creeps who did this to Harry. People that cruel need to be exposed.
This is definitely a wake up call for the Prince. His handlers did not do their job. They receive a pay check to prevent these things from occurring.
I thought exactly the same when i heard about the Vegas holiday.
people were tweeting and taking pictures, nothing alarming was leaking out.
And i thought, he is disproving William’s theory that they must only party with their own exclusive thoroughly vetted circle.
Well, it looks like no accidental meet cutes for all those with a crush on him…too bad Michael K.
Clearly the peasants can’t be trusted.
The person that did this is very definitely in a minority of people who would do something so evil.
Harry is well accustomed to ‘the peasants’ and knows what he is dealing with and how to do it.
It was a security slip that will never happen again, lessons will have been learned by all concerned on Harry’s side. Now the person who betrayed that trust needs to be just as exposed in every detail!!
So….the women are “gutter” but Harry is “poor thing, he needed some relaxation”?
Yes. Harry didn’t sell photos of her to the world for $15K.
Yes, and if the women were men,I would consider them gutter trash as well. I could care less about the private sex games of adults; but the act of selling the photos was really a deceitful,lowly,cheap opportunistic act.
“protecting the Prince from himself”???? It’s not their job to make him behave like an adult. They’ll probably lose their jobs and Harry will go on behaving like a 20 yr old frat boy.
Thank god we don’t have to pay taxes to support these kind of useless tools over here
We have our own tax-payed tools in Congress. But we can at least vote them out at some point.
Yea our guys just take all their spouses and girlfriends over to Israel for a “conference” on the taxpayer dime to go swimming naked in the Sea of Galilee.
We have our own problems.
Agreed, every Country has their own problems. It is estimated the Royal family costs us Brits £202 million a year. If you divide this by 60 million UK citizens on average that is £3.37 per person. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18673692) That means $5.35 per person a year. Despite this massive dent in my earnings, guess what? I still have free healthcare to turn to!
Everything you said, couldn’t say it better!!
I do not care how much money the royals receive. It is my money and I do not want to give it to ignorant, lazy and racists people. Use the £3 for animal shelter, homeless people etc.
Ah, the great NHS that keeps you 3 months waiting for an eye examination. And it is not completely free. I was several times in the position for not being able to pay for medication or treatment (dentist). Yeah, hospital treatment is only the bare minimum and not always appropriate.
haha i completely agree, though i read somewhere they only cost us 52p a year. the welfare state we have in place makes paying this small amount worthwhile!
and IamAcylon seriously, move to a country that has private healthcare and THEN complain about the NHS. i’m not saying it’s flawless, but it at least gets the job done and it available for everyone, especially when they need it most.
The BIG mistake here was not confiscating the cell phones at the door. His security team should have been on top of that. I am sure Harry feels bad that his team will have to take the brunt of his behavior. What’s a naughty prince to do??
i love that ginger staredown in the picture of him up there. he’s definitely the surprise hottie prince. William does nothing for me
These pics are hilarious – I love the exaggerated ginger hair.
Mistake made here.
On the other side of the coin here, a person in their own hotel room should have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
BTW, he’s single, the girls were consenting and did this on his own dime.
They’re making a PR mistake if they try to shift blame to his security team. He’s almost 28 years old and not taking responsibility for your own actions is not a good look. Makes you look like a spoiled child. We’re supposed to take your army career seriously but you can’t take responsibility for yourself?
That first cartoon image is perfection. LOLOLOL
I’m sorry, but if a princess did this I still wouldn’t think it was a big deal. No one got hurt or attacked. For all the people who are saying he’s to old for this-what do you think happens when you are single, in your mid-20’s in Vegas? Heck-divorced guys in their 40’s-50’s party like that. This stuff happens all the time there.
I think it’s a big much ado about nothing. Those pictures aren’t even that bad. AND I think grandma is a prude who is trying to blame staff when I think Harry would admit it was his own decision.
I agree. I don’t think anything is wrong with the photos, whether it’s a man or a woman who is naked in them. Some semblance of privacy and discretion should have been kept by all the people in that room, especially since it seems all of them were consenting adults and must have had the assumption that whatever happened in that room would just be between themselves.
These photos were taken in Harry’s hotel room. It should have stayed private, except Harry wasn’t very smart with the company he kept that night.
I’m not shocked or offended that Harry does things like this. Many people in their 20s do the same thing. The only surprise here is that the photos were leaked and sold.
Maybe next time, Harry will be more careful in whoever he chooses to party with and invite to his suite.
Oh, for- 28 year old men do not need handlers to tell them how to act and to not get naked in front of a bunch of strange women who likely have cells to snap photos with.
If you have ever attended a rugby party, or an army/Navy mess dinner you wouldn’t be shocked by any of this.
Grown men get blind drunk, play drinking games, clothes are shed. Weirdly, not a sexual thing. even if there are women present. it is just hilariously funny.
unless they are football players at their annual xmas parties but i gather that happens in clubs and the women are generally hookers so there is that expectation.
I don’t think too many of us are shocked…not if I am reading these posts correctly. It’s the blatant stupidity that is staggering. And I place all the stupid on Harrys shoulders.
I guess all the rumors of Harry being dumber than a box of rocks are true.
I am only disappointed that he lowered himself to the standards of the low-lifes that frequent Las Vegas hotels and LA parties. I would think he would only allow people he can trust and not users and posers into his group. If he isn’t careful one of those American tramps will end up with a fertilized golden egg and then the royals will have to deal with real trash.
Were these women prostitutes? They certainly don’t look like average young women out for fun.
Or is Vegas full of exceptionally good-looking curvy women in bikinis looking for a good time? I don’t know much about Vegas.
Actually, yes Vegas is filled by impossibly gorgeous bodied chicks. Everyone goes there to party.
I still think a good majority of single young ladies would be more than ready to go to Harry’s room and drink and cavort around naked. No need to slut shame, he’s a single guy and they wanted to be there.
I hope they all have safe fun and good champagne and naked pool. Naked striptionary was pretty damned fun when I was 23 or so:) No sex involved, BTW.
I just assumed they were rich trashy people who are posers and not worthy of being around a Prince or anyone whree discretion is the name of the game. It is tacky to take pics and sell them. Hope Harry learned his lesson not to party with losers.
Nobody is surprised he partied. That’s what you go to Vegas for. His family can’t be shocked about it. The scandal is the security detail. It was their job to keep this shit under wraps. And now Harry and family have to pretend like this is NOT how they get on all the time. If harry does get a talking too it won’t be about bending over some American skank it will be about not taking her phone first. That basic royal etiquitte. I also think who ever leaked the photos is a little bitch.
Watch one of these naked bimbos come up pregnant and claim it’s his. Dumb move Harry; you should have learned from the Nazi uniform photo fracas.
First of all, I seriously doubt Harry is breaking a sweat about this incident. I’m sure he’s sitting there, putting on the appropriate front of contrition while he’s being chastised. However, we have no evidence that Harry is blaming anyone for this. It is more likely that his family wants to blame anyone but their own; hence, let some “common nobody” take the fall for it. Again, no evidence, so this is how I imagine it to be.
Additionally, I’m not the kind of girl that would have stalked the prince or obliged him with my company, but if I were, you can be damned sure I would bust the fingers of anyone who tried to take my camera/phone from me. I don’t care if you are royalty, you don’t have the right to take my property and if you are laughing and having a good time and I snap a few pictures and you don’t politely ask me not to, then it’s all fair. We are not living in the UK.
….but would you sell the pics to TMZ??
I think there must have been an intent to cash in on the photos to begin with. Whoever sold the photos found a quick way to cash in.
And we all know Harry likes to party and he’s not some virginal choirboy. But this is the first time that photos were leaked. I doubt this is the only time Harry has stripped down and it was recorded/documented by someone.
So if Harry has had photos of the same nature taken by others in the parties he’s attended before, were those people “loyal” enough to not have come forward and expose him? Or maybe others have tried to come forward, but the Palace was quick to act on it?
Or is it because of the current libel law, which is very strict and can be easily used by the powerful and influential to “censor” these types of stories, so the UK media are reluctant to publish such photos?
Personally, if I had photos of a naked Harry, I won’t share it with the world. I’d keep it in a USB and stow it in a place that is only known by me. Why would I want to share those? I’d like to be the only one (other than his ex-girlfriends) who can look at naked Harry whenever I want. 😀 😀 😀
@Sachi – 1. the fact that the security were relaxed about it reads to me that this wasn’t a one off, but those women didn’t sell the pictures or post them on FB etc
2. There has always been censorship. If TMZ had reached out to the palace ahead of publication, a deal would have been struck and they would never have seen the light of day. remember Sophie and the fake shiekh or indeed William’s various party pictures.
3. And if censorship fails, libel laws as they have done for UK media.
4. i think the fact this went viral in minutes, made it impossible to contain.
5. i still think it was a hoot. Could have been much worse.
6. However, i will side eye him if he puts out a statement claiming ‘betrayal’ and therefore needing a holiday to recover from it 😉
@ LAK – I wonder if TMZ even tried to reach out, or if they just didn’t care. I would think they’re beyond the reach of the Palace and the libel laws, so the photos were easily published.
A lot of international media were quick to pick up the stories, too, so the Palace probably didn’t have any choice but to just say that it was Harry and that’s that. Let it blow over.
Yeah, I had a laugh when I saw the photos. Harry looked almost shy when he was covering himself! 😀 Nobody’s doing anything illegal. Nothing grossly offensive in the photos.
Speaking of “holiday”, where is our poor dear Duchess? She’s been quiet since the Olympics wrapped up. Shopping for new clothes for her and William’s tour next month? 😉
lots of shopping sightings, but also rumours of Scottish holiday at their new ‘cottage’ there.
@LAK: Hell no, I would not have sold the pictures, but I sure as well would have shown them off. 🙂 Were the photos sold? I wasn’t aware of this. I just thought they were “leaked” as in, “Hey, I just spent the evening partying with a prince, check out my FB and Twitter” kinda thing, which honestly… I can’t fault. If you’re type of girl who stalks someone until they invite you to play a game of strip pool, then hell yes, why not show off the pics?
Photos were sold.
The idea that the mere possession of a cell phone entitles the owner to snap pictures of someone in a private situation (let alone nude) and sell them is revolting.
Imagine the outrage had the Prince snapped photos of his playmates and sold them without permission to the tabloids.
Whoever shot the pictures might have done it just for fun, but later realized they were worth a lot of ca$h.
He has bodyguards, no babysitters! Harry is 27, not 17.
+1. Why would or how could any security guard (think bodyguard) tell an adult royal to keep his clothes on?
Besides, there have been royals from other countries pap’d cavorting nude. Monaco, for starters. Didn’t we see Albie’s jewels flapping in the wind as he jumped into the Med from a yacht filled with nudie cuties?
1. He’s almost 28. It’s time for him to accept that his behavior is not fitting of a grown man. 2. I’m sure the palace is embarrassed that their grown grandson and is acting like a classless drunken teenager, but shifting the blame is indicitave of why he’s acting as such!
I imagine the higher ups have effectively silenced and hidden him away so they can handle it in the appropriate manner and get back to ‘business’. If he spoke on his own behalf, circumventing the PR front of Queenie, I think that that is when he would be feeling the real wrath. Shutting up, doing as told and keeping oneself out of the way with eyes down seems like it would be the de rigeur operating stance for scandal management. Contrition and personal responsibility don’t even enter into the equation, it’s a non-concern in maintaining the dignity of the public face of the Firm. At this point, Queenie can’t be personally scandalized by every sex scandal that explodes within her indiscreet family, this must just be disengaged business as usual.
Prince Sex Rat should see about more photo ops with decolonization-commemorating Jamaican kids, buff up his libertine image a bit with some honest ball-handling, and not of the 18+ variety.
What is a “minder” ? Is that his body guard? Or does he have body guards and “minders”? If it’s just his body guard I don’t see how they could stop this, why would Harry allow his body guards to treat him like a child?
‘Minder’ is british slang for bodyguard.
Harry’s a big boy and is 100% responsible for his actions, however, his security detail definitely screwed up. It boggles my mind that they probably swept the room for hidden mics and cameras prior to him checking in, but they didn’t bother checking his guests for cameras? Sounds like they do deserve at least some of the blame. It’s their job.
What the hell does a grown man need a “handler” for?
You screwed up, Harry. This is on YOU, not your “handlers”.
Come on, the third in line to the throne of Great Britain is not going to travel all alone to Vegas, get real. Some nutjob could kill him, easily. They are supposed to be his security. The term handlers is just a nickname for his security staff.
As someone above said, they probably swept the room for cameras, recording devices etc, all other kinds of things that would compromise his security except the guests!!!
If he’d KEPT HIS DAMN CLOTHES ON he wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place!!!
Ha! I just got an ad for flights to Vegas on my screen! LOL
I don’t feel like the world has a right to see photos of everything everybody famous does. I’m no better off having seen them, and it’s just nonsense anyway – somebody partying, whoopee.
I would impose a ban on papping children as well, and the Queen successfully managed this for the most part while Wills and Harry were growing up and I appreciated that.
They’re not really “celebrities”, they are still members of the Royal Family, and since they are a part of living history and supposed to be dignified, I’d rather not see them acting up, actually. We do not have a “right” to see everything everybody does in the world. More privacy is needed in my opinion.
And having said all that, they should also be acting accordingly, not getting naked in front of strangers; that was incredibly stupid of him AND his handlers. They’re all to blame. So he gets what he gets. And he will pay for this and already is, so he’s getting his repercussions already.
William still has a media ban in place so we very rarely see any of his extra curriculum activities.
Harry, being the spare, doesn’t get that privilege.
harry’s photos are banned in the UK just as williams photos are banned. Being in the US we see everything including when Will took a wee. Harry needs to get discreet friends who don’t sell him for a buck.
Maybe surprisingly, I don’t really mind if we’re being fed a swiz. I’d rather pretend they’re dignified to suit my fantasy. lol
Yeah it’s just dumb all around. I still can’t believe that this is such a huge story. It was basically *featured* on The Today Show this AM. Not that that’s saying much as The Today Show is basically the equivalent of Access Hollywood these days.
It’s silly season. everyone is on holiday. no important news.
Too true, LAK! hi BTW 🙂
It’s leading on the big three, weather station, HLN and the networks not be mention The Soup, tabloid TV.
Ridiculous…isn’t there real issues going on in the world?
OTOH, I am sick of politics already so maybe naked Prince is good news. 🙂
how come nobody is angry at the lucky girls who got to be there and then showed their lack of class by taking and selling the photos?
The fact remains that he has embarrassed the royal family.
Part of the responsibility of being “royal” is to represent the Queen in as good a light as possible and to behave in such a manner that shows your role benefits the country. He’s on the civil list and paid to do a good job by the citizens of the UK, not cavort around naked with a bunch of bimbos he just met like he’s 21 and on spring break in Florida.
He’ll end up as disrespected as good old Uncle Andrew or Prince Albert of Monaco if he keeps this kind of behaviour up.
The civil list only covers expenses incurred whilst on official duty. This holiday wasn’t ‘duty’.
He wasn’t representing anyone but himself for 10 days. And that includes hos army job. He paid for entire holiday bar the security himself.
Surely you’ve gone on holiday from your job and don’t expect your holiday snaps to end up a talking point world wide?
He showed lack of judgement by partying with randoms, but the opposite solution is for him to party only with his own kind, in exclusive places, which is a short cut to turning him into an elitist snob who can’t relate to normal people.
He was in Vegas for days, many people were tweeting and taking pictures of him. None of them had the foresight or sleazy idea of selling their pictures to the highest bidder.
Now this story has broken, i am sure people are thinking of ways to cash in….which they probably hadn’t thought of before.
I remember when Prince Harry had fun while training in Alberta and a bar maid squealled to the British Press, she was rightfully chastized for her horrible behaviour; not apparent in this instance. The good news 90.5 % of the British public does not seem to mind. All will be forgotton in about 6 months. I hope he is more selective in his future options.
LOL @ all the hand-wringing.
I think there’s blame enough for everyone involved.
Harry (needs to be more careful), the Vegas randoms (you don’t sell or show off the pictures! Skank Code Violation Article #1) and the RPO’s (seriously dropped the ball).
Sadly I’m sure his RPO’s will take the biggest fall for it. Reassigned to William or something. lol
Just because we live in the UK it doesn’t mean that we haven’t seen the pictures. It’s not as if MI5 has taken down TMZ with a black screen stating “This website has been removed as it does not comply…” Thank god for media and press freedom eh? In fact, a story run by the Telegraph yesterday on their website had a link and it’s pretty easy to see. The only thing I am deeply disappointed about is how trashy and how Paris Hilton circa 2006 this is. And TMZ. Oh Harry, Harry, Harry!
Wondering just how manly Harry feels when he sees a 3 year old drew the reenactment photo?
I don’t see it as cruel to sell Harry’s pictures. Nice? No, but not cruel. Cruel is what the royal family, including her dickhead husband, did to Diana. That was very, very cruel. It’s on Harry to behave with dignity. And yes, if this were a princess, her name would be besmirched forever. This is just another day in the life of Naked Ass Harry. And I might add that it’s a very fine ass, indeed.
LAK, it was my understanding that Harry’s “own” money is actually English taxpayer money. The queen gets paid by her government (and handsomely, too) so wouldn’t Harry also be on the government’s dole?
+1. they are all free-loaders.
People tend to forget that they are separately wealthy from tax payer money. That separate wealth was accumulated over time/shrewd investments and inheritance either from marrying rich heiresses or family friends and paid for, and until 1992 completely tax free.
Some men never grow up and it seems Harry’s one of those, at 17 this would funny but at 27 Harry is just another overpriviledged british upper classes kid acting like a stupid idiot.
Duly noted: He seems to be terrible at “naked billards” LOL
“Dear UK press: grow some balls.” Indeed. Unreal that they are listening to the Queen’s lawyers. What are supposed to be the “consequences”? Limited access to palace events? Who cares?! What are the royals going to do? Behead people?
This story would be much more interesting if Harry was married with children.
He’s a single fellow and army officer. Translation: who cares?
And I bet the Queen feels the same.
I was very disgusted by the photos and his behavior. Being a prince or not, they were crass.
Well all I got to say is that NONE of this NONE OF THIS would have happened if Kevin Costner was Harry’s bodyguard!!
on the flip note…if these boys weren’t raised in laps of luxury, with a predestined life to live. literally, like a ‘King’ (or next in line) well then maybe they wouldn’t get so maniacally ‘funkytown’ freaky when the reins got loosened.
Ok, there are pictures of Charles, Andrews and Williams actual royal balls. Harry was covering his so he remains the most innocent male royal.
Am I only one if with a famous person the last thing I would want to do would be to sell them out by taking snaps but instead would much rather bump uglies with them or figuring out how to get them to sleep with me 😛
I think Harry’s security minders should be fired. Especially if they get paid to do their job, because let’s face it, it seems like they want to be in on the fun, the free travel & accommodation, the perks, but that’s not why they are employed. Or is it? Perhaps their employment contract isn’t very clear as to what they are there for. Prince Harry is no ordinary adult, and will be singled out because of what he represents. He can thank his lucky stars he is not married, and still fairly young, but this sort of publicity cant be what he needs or wants. The Royal Establishment needs to make his security minders duties clearer in the contract, so both they and Harry can understand it.
I don’t get the appeal. He’s ugly, immature and probably a bit racist. No me gusta.
look,big stars,the super rich,politicians even go to Vegas and pay big money for handlers to protect them from something like this happening. Making sure cameras are not being used is the first thing they should have done -fire them and let them spend the rest of their career wishing they had done their job properly. They will never get another chance, I hope, to mess up big time like they did for Harry.He was not partying in public, it was supposed to be a private fling. The real person he has hurt is himself and the remorse for hurting his beloved Grandmother will stay with him for a long time. He may even have destroyed his army career so let the people who should have seen this did not happen suffer a little -even if it is only in their pockets.