Naked photographs of Prince Harry have surfaced online. Prince Harry has been caught up in a naked picture scandal after snaps that allegedly show him nude in his Las Vegas hotel suite emerged online.
The British royal is on vacation in Sin City with a group of friends, and has been spotted enjoying himself around the pool of his hotel this week.
Photos have surfaced of the prince naked while holidaying in Las Vegas. Harry, who is now 27-years-old, covers his family jewels, the pictures suggest that he is enjoying himself. A naked woman is also visible in one picture.
Clarence House’ have confirmed that the photographs of Prince Harry are genuine.
The images were taken at Wynn Resort in Las Vegas following a friendly game of strip billiards last weekend. Harry had been in San Diego hosting a charity event.
Harry is no stranger to disgrace. He has been accused of under-age drinking and cannabis use and the young Prince infamously turned up to a friend’s fancy dress birthday party as a Nazi.
His negative reputation was gained by frequent sightings of him on the London club scene and through altercations with paparazzi.
In recent years Prince Harry has shed the playboy image that had been attached to him for many years. His role in the British armed forces and his charity work have earned the prince a more wholesome image.
Unfortunately for Harry, what happens in Vegas, does not stay Vegas.
Prince Harry put the crown jewels on display in Vegas this weekend ... getting BARE ASS NAKED during a game of strip billiards with a room full of friends in his VIP suite.
It all went down Friday night during a raging party in a high rollers hotel suite.
We're told Harry, along with a large entourage, went down to the hotel bar and met a bunch of hot chicks ... and invited them up to his VIP suite.
Once in the room, things got WILD ... with the group playing a game of strip pool that quickly escalated into full-on royal nudity.
Some of the partiers snapped photos of the madness. In one photo, a fully nude Harry cups his genitals while a seemingly topless woman stands behind him.
In another photo, a naked Harry is bear-hugging a woman who appears to be completely naked as well.
No word on who the women are ... or if they got Harry's phone number.
A rep for the Royal Family tells us, "We have no comment to make on the photos at this time."
It’s hard to think of a picture more well-suited to the British tabloids than a young prince being caught with a woman in Las Vegas, wearing only his birthday suit.
But after a warning from royal officials about running pictures of Prince Harry partying in Las Vegas — already seen by millions on the Internet — Britain’s normally-cheeky newspapers have bowed to authority and not one has dared showing the prince not wearing any clothes.
It’s a remarkable about-face considering almost 20 years ago, Sarah Ferguson, then wife of Britain’s Prince Andrew, was featured on the front page of one tabloid, topless, having her toes sucked by a U.S. lover.
But it appears the high-profile public inquiry into phone-hacking and other wrong-doings at tabloids have made newspapers wary of angering authorities. And for the British public hungry to lap up details of Prince Harry’s wild weekend, it made for a slow nudes day Thursday.
Party prince: Harry in Las Vegas
Eye for the ladies: Prince with other girls in Vegas
Top: Bernard Hogan-Howe said protection officers are not there to regulate prince's life
Pals: Harry with swimmer Ryan Lochte in the pool
They are the raunchy pictures that bring a new meaning to the term royal exposure…
And shots of Prince Harry cavorting naked with a mystery woman will no doubt have caused huge embarrassment at Buckingham Palace after they were seen around the world on the internet.
The mobile phone images also sparked a security alert with questions raised about the prince’s protection.
Prince Harry was snapped playing a game of strip billiards at the £4,750-a-night Wynn Encore hotel VIP suite in Las Vegas.
In one shot, he protects his own modesty with his hands as a nude girl hides behind him.
Another shows him bear-hugging an undressed girl with his bottom bared to the camera as they tussle with a pool cue.
Royal aides tonight defended the prince’s crazy antics and insisted he was simply “letting his hair down” before he is sent to war-torn Afghanistan as an Apache pilot.
Desperate courtiers called in lawyers in a bid to prevent the embarrassing images being published in the UK or shown on TV, despite them being widely available on the internet and in papers around the world.
As Harry returned to Britain last night, a source told how the prince and his pals invited up to six women back to his suite at the five-star hotel.
The source added: “They wanted to start the holiday with a bang. Their motto for the weekend was, 'Drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die.’
"They went down to the hotel bar, met some girls and invited them up to their suite. It got pretty messy.”
One royal aide said: “Some members of the royal household are dismayed about these pictures.
"But Harry is like any other young man who likes to go out and party with his friends, it’s just that with him it gets more attention.
"He is just letting off steam ahead of what will be a very important next phase in his military career.”
Harry is guarded by close protection officers who work round-the-clock, and throughout his Las Vegas trip they warned revellers not to photograph him.
But despite their efforts, pictures and videos have emerged online showing Harry and pals including Tom "Skippy” Inskip, 26, and Arthur Landon, 30, revelling at extravagant pool parties.
Met Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe last night insisted his officers are not responsible for any pictures that may be taken of the prince at private functions.
He added: “Protection officers are there to protect him for security reasons, they are not there to regulate his life.”
Harry’s former protection chief Dai Davies said while looking after the prince was a priority, he also had the right to relax.
He added: “I don’t envy their job. It must be a nightmare at times, trying to ensure that he doesn’t get into these scrapes.
"Harry’s been working hard, and was on holiday when the pictures were taken.
"He’s on Army leave and no doubt will be going back to fairly strenuous duties.
"His protection officers will assess the situation, and in this particular situation, other than being manhandled by women, I can’t see there is an issue.
"From a security point of view, most of the women are naked so I couldn’t see any weapons on any of them.
"That particular venue is well-guarded and well-protected, and Harry would have had his protection officers with him. He is entitled to let his hair down.
"It’s a matter of taste whether you want to frolic with women.
"It’s unfortunate someone got hold of pictures. For protection officers, it’s about getting a balance.
"Sometimes events can go a little further than you would like, but that happens if you are protecting a 27-year-old multi-millionaire who has red blood in his veins.
"If he chooses to bring a pretty blonde back to his room and she happens to get her camera or her phone out and takes quick snapshots then it would be almost impossible to prevent this.”
Harry and his pals had been partying since they arrived in Vegas last week.
On Sunday the prince was seen jumping in and out of pools, drinking cocktails, playing with giant inflatables, chatting to bikini-clad women and even racing US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte at the exclusive XS nightclub.
There were suggestions last night Harry could face a reprimand by Army chiefs who expect officers to maintain high standards of behaviour “off and on operations”.
The suite Prince Harry was staying in one of the best hotels in Las Vegas.
Set over two floors high up in a 192metre tower it has a floor space covering 541 square metres, which is more than seven times as big as the average British house.
Pictures on the hotel’s website show the golden baize-covered pool table in the suite surrounded by panoramic floor to ceiling windows on two sides.
Describing the rooms it adds: “The billiard room is enhanced with a flat screen high definition LCD television.”
Haven't we seen those snaps somewhere before? Life imitates art for Prince Harry as naked photos echo look-a-like mock-ups
If you’ve seen the pictures of Prince Harry naked and thought they looked familiar then you wouldn’t be wrong.
The saucy snaps are strikingly similar to those mocked up by celebrity look-a-like photographer Alison Jackson.
The 51-year-old has cleverly staged pictures of the young royal in a number of ‘interesting’ situations using look-a-like models.
While the Duke of Cambridge protects his modesty as he dries off, Harry celebrates in true party prince style by spraying a bottle of champagne around the room.
In tribute to the Royal Wedding, Jackson also mocked up the scenario everyone dreamed of – Harry and Pippa Middleton spending the night together .
The Pippa-alike is shown leaving the Prince’s hotel room wearing his military jacket while Harry – once again naked – says goodbye with just the door to protect his modesty.
Now it seems life has imitated art after pictures of the 27-year-old naked in a Las Vegas hotel room were leaked on a US website .
Shock, horror! Scandal-loving British newspapers steer clear of naked Prince Harry photos
The country’s scandal-loving tabloids devoted many pages Thursday to the story of Prince Harry’s naked romp in a Las Vegas hotel suite. But all heeded a warning from royal officials that printing the images, already seen by millions on the Internet, would infringe on the prince’s privacy.
So while Ireland’s Evening Herald ran the stark-naked prince on its front page, British newspapers made do with pictures of holiday Harry in bathing trunks and fedora hat.
The Sun tabloid came up with the most creative solution, getting a staff member named Harry and a 21-year-old female intern to recreate the naked pose under the headline “Harry grabs the crown jewels.”
Bob Satchwell, head of industry group the Society of Editors, said papers were merely complying with editors’ voluntary Code of Practice, which declares “it is unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places without their consent.”
But other media-watchers said a scandal that erupted a year ago over phone-hacking and other tabloid wrongdoing had tamed Britain’s once-rambunctious press.
Newspapers were exposed to a trial of public opinion as Judge Brian Leveson’s media ethics inquiry heard from celebrities, politicians and crime victims who said their lives had been turned upside down by press intrusion.
The scandal has killed one tabloid, the News of the World — shut down by owner Rupert Murdoch after revelations about its illegal eavesdropping — and tarnished the entire British media.
With the inquiry considering whether to impose stricter limits on press freedom, many feel the tabloids are staying away from kiss-and-tells and celebrity scoops that they once would have relished.
Neil Wallis, a former News of the World executive editor, said fallout from the hacking scandal had left newspapers “terrified of their own shadow.”
“In this post-Leveson era ... they daren’t do things that most of the country, if they saw it in the newspaper, would think ‘that’s a bit of a laugh,’” Wallis told the BBC.
While newspapers including The Sun and the Daily Mirror proclaimed that the naked photos had been “banned,” that is not strictly true.
Several media organizations around the world ran the two naked photos of the prince, which are being sold, according to British media reports, for about 10,000 pounds ($16,000).
British outlets refrained, after receiving a warning Wednesday from palace officials.
Prince Harry’s office confirmed it had contacted the Press Complaints Commission, an industry watchdog, which in turn advised newspapers not to publish the pictures.
Any paper that ran them risks being chastised by the commission, which can demand a newspaper publish an apology, but has no power to issue fines.
They could also potentially be open to an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit from the prince.
A letter to the watchdog from royal law firm Harbottle and Lewis warned that royal officials “entirely reserve their rights as to any future steps that they may take should publication take place.”
Once, editors might have risked it, arguing that publishing the images was in the public interest because Harry is a public — and publicly funded — figure.
Satchwell acknowledged there was a risk Leveson’s inquiry could chill press freedom. But he said newspapers were simply behaving responsibly over Harry.
“Of course freedom of the press is vitally, vitally important,” he said. “But just because you can publish something doesn’t mean that you should.”
Back to face the music? Prince Harry flies home after Las Vegas naked photos scandal
Prince Harry has arrived home to face the music after photographs showing him naked at a party in Las Vegas were leaked online.
The 27-year-old flew into the UK today amid a storm surrounding the saucy snaps published on a US website.
In one picture, Harry is shown standing in front of a nude woman, covering his crown jewels with his hands.
Another shows the party prince leaving little to the imagination as he bear-hugs a naked woman from behind next to a pool table in a hotel room.
The revealing pictures were reportedly taken during a cheeky game of strip billiards at Harry’s VIP hotel suite in Vegas on Friday and could have come straight out of one of the successful Hangover movies.
Within hours of the photographs emerging online, ‘Prince Harry’ became the number one trending topic on Twitter.
Buckingham Palace this morning confirmed that the man in the pictures is Prince Harry.
Media have reported that Harry flew home to the UK overnight on a flight from Los Angeles.
Passengers on the flight reportedly claimed he 'did not mingle' with other travellers on board the Boeing 747.
The embarrassing incident will no doubt questions about the Prince’s security arrangements during his stay in Las Vegas.
Yesterday it emerged that Harry partied with US swimmer Ryan Lochte at the weekend - even challenging the Olympic gold medallist to a swim off.
And revellers at the Encore hotel complex went wild when Harry and 28-year-old Ryan lined up to race each other.
The nude photos scandal is another blow to the young royals’ privacy.
Last month, an Australian magazine sparked fury by publishing pictures of Kate Middleton in a bikini while on honeymoon.
Oz tabloid Woman’s Day printed photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their romantic stay in the Seychelles on its front cover.
Another 15 photos inside include images of them swimming in the Indian Ocean during the 10-day trip.
Speaking at the time, a St James’s Palace spokesman said: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge considered their honeymoon to be a very private event after their hugely public wedding.
"For this reason they asked the media to respect their privacy. That is something they continue to do.”
This is Prince Harry just an hour after highly embarrassing photographs of him cavorting naked with strangers in a five-star Vegas hotel hit the internet.
Wearing a blue shirt, a cream-coloured panama hat and sunglasses, the sheepish prince was seen chatting with friends and hugging a mystery blonde in a Los Angeles car park yesterday.
Harry, 27, refused to comment when quizzed about the risqué snaps which were taken in a Vegas hotel suite on Friday night.
BANNED IN BRITAIN - BUT THE PICTURES CAN BE SEEN WORLDWIDE
Facing questions from a reporter, the British Prince darted into the passenger seat of his waiting SUV and attempted to hide his face from view.
His six-strong security team also made efforts to keep Harry concealed and quickly drove him away in their convoy of three black Cadillac Escalades.
The sensational photos of Harry, which show him stripped naked and larking around with mystery girls appeared on celebrity news website at 4.45pm on Tuesday.
He was spotted in a car park in the Venice area of Los Angeles just an hour later.
While Harry’s friends and security team went in and out of trendy restaurant Gjelina, the Prince spent most of the time sitting in his car.
After a short while, he climbed out of the vehicle to chat to his group of friends and wave goodbye to them before heading to LA’s international airport and flying out of the United States.
He arrived back in Britain tonight to face a carpeting from Buckingham Palace after the Vegas photos emerged online.
The revealing shots were taken on a fellow reveller's mobile phone in the VIP suite at the five-star Wynn Hotel after the third-in-line to the throne invited a group of strangers back to play 'strip billiards'.
Back in the UK, the Prince’s staff at Clarence House launched a belated attempt at damage limitation.
Officials contacted the Press Complaints Commission to request that the British press refrained from running images which are widely available across the world and easily viewable in the UK.
It is understood that the Prince’s staff has spent the day locked in meetings about how best to handle the scandal as he flew back to Britain to resume his military duties following his 10-day break.
The images raise difficult questions about both Harry’s judgement to indulge in the sort of wild ‘laddish’ behaviour that has brought the royal family into global disrepute.
At least three accompanied him on the trip. They were travelling on an all-expenses-paid basis as part of the Met's £120million-a-year royal protection squad.
It is unclear why they did not advise Harry against taking part in the strip billiards game, why they did not stop his companions taking photographs and if the prince was vulnerable because they were not keeping watch.
The situation is also hugely embarrassing to the Royal family who have been desperately trying to cultivate a more grown-up image for the Prince, who turns 28 next month.
Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on the pictures, so it is unclear what the Queen thinks of her grandson's exploits.
However senior royal sources made clear to MailOnline that the prince was in his hotel suite on a private holiday and had expected a 'reasonable degree of privacy.'
He could face a meeting with his Army superiors when he returns later today. Their rules state that 'social misbehaviour' is not acceptable, especially if it tarnishes the reputation of Britain's armed forces.
Any protestations are, however, unlikely to cut much ice with members of the public, shocked by the prince’s apparent lack of caution.
It is understood that the revellers present were members of the public the prince had met on his trip to Sin City and invited back to his room to ‘continue the party’.
American news website , who have published the pictures, say the 'raucous party' happened after the prince and his friends made friends with 'a bunch of hot chicks'.
Harry checked into the suite at the five-star Wynn hotel and casino last week for some ‘full-on partying’, as the prince told one fellow guest.
The room has its own butler, games room including a pool table and private driveway.
The scandal also makes a mockery of his British tax-payer funded, round-the-clock, police protection team.
But the Met told MailOnline they would not comment on the pictures.
Former head of royal protection officer at the Met, Dai Davies, admitted it could be difficult to keep a handle on Harry, who he described as a 'lovely man' but 'a nightmare' to control sometimes.
'He's a young man with lots of testosterone but there is a balance and occasionally that balance slips.'
The latest incident to involve the party-loving prince has come as a huge disappointment to palace advisers who had been buoyed by Harry’s growing maturity.
Earlier this year the prince, undertook his first official foreign tour on behalf of the Queen and charmed statesmen and members of the public alike from The Bahamas to Brazil.
The trip was deemed such a success that there was already talk of another trip next year if his military commitments permitted.
As a result the prince was also given several major roles at the London Olympics – including a position as official Team GB Ambassador and standing in for the Queen at the high-profile closing ceremony. He has also won plaudits for his support of injured servicemen and women and even took part in a televised fund-raising trek to the North Pole on their behalf.
With his grandfather, Prince Philip, recently hospitalised for the third time in just eight months - putting even more pressure on the younger members of the family to take on royal duties - it will be difficult for St James’s Palace to shrug this off as mere high jinks.
It came as several stories about the Prince's trip to Vegas emerged since he arrived last week, including several other images of him partying with his top off.
Harry even challenged swimming ace Ryan Lochte to a race after bumping into him in the VIP section of the Wynn Hotel’s XS nightclub in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Lochte, who was in Las Vegas celebrating his 28th birthday, told the Mail in a statement: ‘It was really fun swimming against Prince Harry. He’s a great guy, and it was a huge honor [sic] to meet him.
‘I was surprised that he challenged me actually. I didn’t know if he had any skills in the pool, but I definitely wasn’t going to take it easy on him!
‘He was a great competitor but in the end it was Team USA all the way to the wall!! Next time I’m in the UK it’d be fun to challenge him to something on his own turf.’
Harry even managed to beat Usain Bolt in a 20-yard dash earlier this year – by distracting him at the start.
And earlier that day, Harry had found himself surrounded by a gaggle of ladies who had made a bee-line for Las Vegas’s Encore Beach Club as news spread that the playboy prince was in town.
The prince had been filmed enjoying the poolside entertainment at the MGM Grand hotel and throwing a lingering glance towards one of the stunning bikini-clad women by a camera from television station 'Extra'.
Source : National Post , TMZ ,Daily Post ,WhatsOnHenzen,Mirror,Dailymail ,Splash,Extra TV ,Business Insider ,Newspapers and internet sites .And shots of Prince Harry cavorting naked with a mystery woman will no doubt have caused huge embarrassment at Buckingham Palace after they were seen around the world on the internet.
The mobile phone images also sparked a security alert with questions raised about the prince’s protection.
Prince Harry was snapped playing a game of strip billiards at the £4,750-a-night Wynn Encore hotel VIP suite in Las Vegas.
In one shot, he protects his own modesty with his hands as a nude girl hides behind him.
Another shows him bear-hugging an undressed girl with his bottom bared to the camera as they tussle with a pool cue.
Royal aides tonight defended the prince’s crazy antics and insisted he was simply “letting his hair down” before he is sent to war-torn Afghanistan as an Apache pilot.
Desperate courtiers called in lawyers in a bid to prevent the embarrassing images being published in the UK or shown on TV, despite them being widely available on the internet and in papers around the world.
As Harry returned to Britain last night, a source told how the prince and his pals invited up to six women back to his suite at the five-star hotel.
The source added: “They wanted to start the holiday with a bang. Their motto for the weekend was, 'Drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die.’
"They went down to the hotel bar, met some girls and invited them up to their suite. It got pretty messy.”
One royal aide said: “Some members of the royal household are dismayed about these pictures.
"But Harry is like any other young man who likes to go out and party with his friends, it’s just that with him it gets more attention.
"He is just letting off steam ahead of what will be a very important next phase in his military career.”
Harry is guarded by close protection officers who work round-the-clock, and throughout his Las Vegas trip they warned revellers not to photograph him.
But despite their efforts, pictures and videos have emerged online showing Harry and pals including Tom "Skippy” Inskip, 26, and Arthur Landon, 30, revelling at extravagant pool parties.
Met Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe last night insisted his officers are not responsible for any pictures that may be taken of the prince at private functions.
He added: “Protection officers are there to protect him for security reasons, they are not there to regulate his life.”
Harry’s former protection chief Dai Davies said while looking after the prince was a priority, he also had the right to relax.
He added: “I don’t envy their job. It must be a nightmare at times, trying to ensure that he doesn’t get into these scrapes.
"Harry’s been working hard, and was on holiday when the pictures were taken.
"He’s on Army leave and no doubt will be going back to fairly strenuous duties.
"His protection officers will assess the situation, and in this particular situation, other than being manhandled by women, I can’t see there is an issue.
"From a security point of view, most of the women are naked so I couldn’t see any weapons on any of them.
"That particular venue is well-guarded and well-protected, and Harry would have had his protection officers with him. He is entitled to let his hair down.
"It’s a matter of taste whether you want to frolic with women.
"It’s unfortunate someone got hold of pictures. For protection officers, it’s about getting a balance.
"Sometimes events can go a little further than you would like, but that happens if you are protecting a 27-year-old multi-millionaire who has red blood in his veins.
"If he chooses to bring a pretty blonde back to his room and she happens to get her camera or her phone out and takes quick snapshots then it would be almost impossible to prevent this.”
Harry and his pals had been partying since they arrived in Vegas last week.
On Sunday the prince was seen jumping in and out of pools, drinking cocktails, playing with giant inflatables, chatting to bikini-clad women and even racing US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte at the exclusive XS nightclub.
There were suggestions last night Harry could face a reprimand by Army chiefs who expect officers to maintain high standards of behaviour “off and on operations”.
The suite Prince Harry was staying in one of the best hotels in Las Vegas.
Set over two floors high up in a 192metre tower it has a floor space covering 541 square metres, which is more than seven times as big as the average British house.
Pictures on the hotel’s website show the golden baize-covered pool table in the suite surrounded by panoramic floor to ceiling windows on two sides.
Describing the rooms it adds: “The billiard room is enhanced with a flat screen high definition LCD television.”
Haven't we seen those snaps somewhere before? Life imitates art for Prince Harry as naked photos echo look-a-like mock-ups
The saucy snaps are strikingly similar to those mocked up by celebrity look-a-like photographer Alison Jackson
If you’ve seen the pictures of Prince Harry naked and thought they looked familiar then you wouldn’t be wrong.The saucy snaps are strikingly similar to those mocked up by celebrity look-a-like photographer Alison Jackson.
The 51-year-old has cleverly staged pictures of the young royal in a number of ‘interesting’ situations using look-a-like models.
Alison Jackson
In one tongue-in-cheek shoot, Harry and Wills are pictured celebrating a polo win by stripping naked in a changing room .While the Duke of Cambridge protects his modesty as he dries off, Harry celebrates in true party prince style by spraying a bottle of champagne around the room.
In tribute to the Royal Wedding, Jackson also mocked up the scenario everyone dreamed of – Harry and Pippa Middleton spending the night together .
The Pippa-alike is shown leaving the Prince’s hotel room wearing his military jacket while Harry – once again naked – says goodbye with just the door to protect his modesty.
Now it seems life has imitated art after pictures of the 27-year-old naked in a Las Vegas hotel room were leaked on a US website .
Shock, horror! Scandal-loving British newspapers steer clear of naked Prince Harry photos
LONDON — The prince has no clothes — but British newspapers aren’t running the pictures.
The country’s scandal-loving tabloids devoted many pages Thursday to the story of Prince Harry’s naked romp in a Las Vegas hotel suite. But all heeded a warning from royal officials that printing the images, already seen by millions on the Internet, would infringe on the prince’s privacy.So while Ireland’s Evening Herald ran the stark-naked prince on its front page, British newspapers made do with pictures of holiday Harry in bathing trunks and fedora hat.
The Sun tabloid came up with the most creative solution, getting a staff member named Harry and a 21-year-old female intern to recreate the naked pose under the headline “Harry grabs the crown jewels.”
Bob Satchwell, head of industry group the Society of Editors, said papers were merely complying with editors’ voluntary Code of Practice, which declares “it is unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places without their consent.”
But other media-watchers said a scandal that erupted a year ago over phone-hacking and other tabloid wrongdoing had tamed Britain’s once-rambunctious press.
Newspapers were exposed to a trial of public opinion as Judge Brian Leveson’s media ethics inquiry heard from celebrities, politicians and crime victims who said their lives had been turned upside down by press intrusion.
The scandal has killed one tabloid, the News of the World — shut down by owner Rupert Murdoch after revelations about its illegal eavesdropping — and tarnished the entire British media.
With the inquiry considering whether to impose stricter limits on press freedom, many feel the tabloids are staying away from kiss-and-tells and celebrity scoops that they once would have relished.
Neil Wallis, a former News of the World executive editor, said fallout from the hacking scandal had left newspapers “terrified of their own shadow.”
“In this post-Leveson era ... they daren’t do things that most of the country, if they saw it in the newspaper, would think ‘that’s a bit of a laugh,’” Wallis told the BBC.
While newspapers including The Sun and the Daily Mirror proclaimed that the naked photos had been “banned,” that is not strictly true.
Several media organizations around the world ran the two naked photos of the prince, which are being sold, according to British media reports, for about 10,000 pounds ($16,000).
British outlets refrained, after receiving a warning Wednesday from palace officials.
Prince Harry’s office confirmed it had contacted the Press Complaints Commission, an industry watchdog, which in turn advised newspapers not to publish the pictures.
Any paper that ran them risks being chastised by the commission, which can demand a newspaper publish an apology, but has no power to issue fines.
They could also potentially be open to an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit from the prince.
A letter to the watchdog from royal law firm Harbottle and Lewis warned that royal officials “entirely reserve their rights as to any future steps that they may take should publication take place.”
Once, editors might have risked it, arguing that publishing the images was in the public interest because Harry is a public — and publicly funded — figure.
Satchwell acknowledged there was a risk Leveson’s inquiry could chill press freedom. But he said newspapers were simply behaving responsibly over Harry.
“Of course freedom of the press is vitally, vitally important,” he said. “But just because you can publish something doesn’t mean that you should.”
Back to face the music? Prince Harry flies home after Las Vegas naked photos scandal
The 27-year-old flew into the UK today amid a storm surrounding the saucy snaps published on a US website
Prince Harry has arrived home to face the music after photographs showing him naked at a party in Las Vegas were leaked online.The 27-year-old flew into the UK today amid a storm surrounding the saucy snaps published on a US website.
In one picture, Harry is shown standing in front of a nude woman, covering his crown jewels with his hands.
Another shows the party prince leaving little to the imagination as he bear-hugs a naked woman from behind next to a pool table in a hotel room.
The revealing pictures were reportedly taken during a cheeky game of strip billiards at Harry’s VIP hotel suite in Vegas on Friday and could have come straight out of one of the successful Hangover movies.
Within hours of the photographs emerging online, ‘Prince Harry’ became the number one trending topic on Twitter.
Buckingham Palace this morning confirmed that the man in the pictures is Prince Harry.
Media have reported that Harry flew home to the UK overnight on a flight from Los Angeles.
Passengers on the flight reportedly claimed he 'did not mingle' with other travellers on board the Boeing 747.
The embarrassing incident will no doubt questions about the Prince’s security arrangements during his stay in Las Vegas.
Yesterday it emerged that Harry partied with US swimmer Ryan Lochte at the weekend - even challenging the Olympic gold medallist to a swim off.
New York Daily News
The boys donned their swimming trunks for a pool party at the exclusive XS Nightclub, a 60,000-square foot tropical haven with three tiered pools and palm trees.And revellers at the Encore hotel complex went wild when Harry and 28-year-old Ryan lined up to race each other.
The nude photos scandal is another blow to the young royals’ privacy.
Last month, an Australian magazine sparked fury by publishing pictures of Kate Middleton in a bikini while on honeymoon.
Oz tabloid Woman’s Day printed photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their romantic stay in the Seychelles on its front cover.
Another 15 photos inside include images of them swimming in the Indian Ocean during the 10-day trip.
Speaking at the time, a St James’s Palace spokesman said: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge considered their honeymoon to be a very private event after their hugely public wedding.
"For this reason they asked the media to respect their privacy. That is something they continue to do.”
Uh oh – now I've done it: Prince Harry pictured moments after photos of his naked Vegas romp hit the internet (but he's still got a hug for a mystery blonde)
- Sheepish prince seen chatting to friends in Los Angeles car park before flying back to UK to face royal storm
- Third in line to the throne refused to comment when quizzed by a reporter an hour after snaps emerged online
- Security team attempted to keep Harry concealed and quickly drove him away in their convoy of Cadillacs
- Prince, 27, arrived back in Britain tonight to face a carpeting from Buckingham Palace over the scandal
- Sensational photos show Harry stripped naked and larking around with mystery girls in Las Vegas hotel suite
This is Prince Harry just an hour after highly embarrassing photographs of him cavorting naked with strangers in a five-star Vegas hotel hit the internet.
Wearing a blue shirt, a cream-coloured panama hat and sunglasses, the sheepish prince was seen chatting with friends and hugging a mystery blonde in a Los Angeles car park yesterday.
Harry, 27, refused to comment when quizzed about the risqué snaps which were taken in a Vegas hotel suite on Friday night.
Sheepish: Prince Harry hugs a mystery blonde and appears to send a text on his mobile phone as he is spotted in a Los Angeles car park just an hour after naked pictures of him cavorting with strangers in a Las Vegas hotel emerged online
Bashful: Wearing a blue shirt and cream-coloured panama hat, the prince appears far less confident than he did in the pictures of him in Las Vegas
Keeping quiet: Harry refused to comment when quizzed about the risqué snaps which were taken in a Vegas hotel suite on Friday night
A quick search on the internet service Pic Frog allows people to see the images that are 'banned' in the UK. In these pictures Harry has been circled and obscured
An identical search on Google images for 'Prince Harry naked pictures' reveals dozens more shots of the cavorting Prince
BANNED IN BRITAIN - BUT THE PICTURES CAN BE SEEN WORLDWIDE
They are now being run on dozens of websites, including:
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His six-strong security team also made efforts to keep Harry concealed and quickly drove him away in their convoy of three black Cadillac Escalades.
The sensational photos of Harry, which show him stripped naked and larking around with mystery girls appeared on celebrity news website at 4.45pm on Tuesday.
He was spotted in a car park in the Venice area of Los Angeles just an hour later.
While Harry’s friends and security team went in and out of trendy restaurant Gjelina, the Prince spent most of the time sitting in his car.
After a short while, he climbed out of the vehicle to chat to his group of friends and wave goodbye to them before heading to LA’s international airport and flying out of the United States.
He arrived back in Britain tonight to face a carpeting from Buckingham Palace after the Vegas photos emerged online.
The revealing shots were taken on a fellow reveller's mobile phone in the VIP suite at the five-star Wynn Hotel after the third-in-line to the throne invited a group of strangers back to play 'strip billiards'.
Living it up: American website who have published the Vegas pictures, say the 'raucous party' happened after the prince and his friends made friends with 'a bunch of hot chicks'
Keeping out of sight: While Harry's friends and security team went in and out of trendy restaurant Gjelina, the Prince spent most of the time sitting in his car
Affection: The Vegas photos of Harry, which show him stripped naked and larking around with mystery girls appeared on a celebrity news website at 4.45pm on Tuesday
Fun and frolics: Prince Harry affords a smile as he hugs another blonde shortly before heading to LA's international airport to fly back to Britain
Up close and personal: A source close to the prince, pictured here hugging a female acquaintance, says his exuberance is 'just the way he lets off steam'
Fond farewells: Shortly after arriving in the car park, Harry climbed out of his vehicle to chat to his group of friends and wave goodbye to them before leaving the U.S.
Wearing nothing but a distinctive necklace, the prince is seen giving a topless girl a 'bear-hug', his bare bottom facing the camera. In another shot he uses his hands to protect his modesty while his brunette companion uses his nude body to shield hers.Back in the UK, the Prince’s staff at Clarence House launched a belated attempt at damage limitation.
Officials contacted the Press Complaints Commission to request that the British press refrained from running images which are widely available across the world and easily viewable in the UK.
It is understood that the Prince’s staff has spent the day locked in meetings about how best to handle the scandal as he flew back to Britain to resume his military duties following his 10-day break.
The images raise difficult questions about both Harry’s judgement to indulge in the sort of wild ‘laddish’ behaviour that has brought the royal family into global disrepute.
Down in the dumps: Harry perches next to a bin. The revealing shots from Vegas were taken on a fellow reveller's mobile phone in the VIP suite at the five-star Wynn Hotel after the third-in-line to the throne invited a group of strangers back to play 'strip billiards'
Oops: The latest incident to involve the party-loving prince has come as a huge disappointment to palace advisors who had been buoyed by Harry's growing maturity
And there are also questions about the whereabouts and behaviour of his taxpayer-funded protection officers who are assigned to him at all times.At least three accompanied him on the trip. They were travelling on an all-expenses-paid basis as part of the Met's £120million-a-year royal protection squad.
It is unclear why they did not advise Harry against taking part in the strip billiards game, why they did not stop his companions taking photographs and if the prince was vulnerable because they were not keeping watch.
The situation is also hugely embarrassing to the Royal family who have been desperately trying to cultivate a more grown-up image for the Prince, who turns 28 next month.
Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on the pictures, so it is unclear what the Queen thinks of her grandson's exploits.
However senior royal sources made clear to MailOnline that the prince was in his hotel suite on a private holiday and had expected a 'reasonable degree of privacy.'
Animated: The 27-year-old chatted with friends and was also joined by a six-strong security team who made attempts to keep the prince concealed from view
Calm before the storm: The third in line to throne hid behind his Aviator sunglasses as he strolled through Los Angeles before returning to the UK, where he faces a carpeting from Buckingham Palace
Another source close to the prince added: ‘Harry has always been exuberant and it's just the way he lets off steam.'He could face a meeting with his Army superiors when he returns later today. Their rules state that 'social misbehaviour' is not acceptable, especially if it tarnishes the reputation of Britain's armed forces.
Any protestations are, however, unlikely to cut much ice with members of the public, shocked by the prince’s apparent lack of caution.
It is understood that the revellers present were members of the public the prince had met on his trip to Sin City and invited back to his room to ‘continue the party’.
American news website , who have published the pictures, say the 'raucous party' happened after the prince and his friends made friends with 'a bunch of hot chicks'.
Damage limitation: It is understood that the Prince's staff has spent the day locked in meetings about how best to handle the scandal as he flew back to Britain to resume his military duties following his 10-day break
A right royal mess: The images raise difficult questions about both Harry's judgement to indulge in the sort of wild 'laddish' behaviour that has brought the royal family into global disrepute
Dressing down on the cards: He could face a meeting with his Army superiors as their rules state that 'social misbehaviour' is not acceptable, especially if it tarnishes the reputation of Britain's armed forces
Tarnished image: Any protestations from Harry are unlikely to cut much ice with members of the public, who have been shocked by the prince's apparent lack of caution
Bemused: Something draws the prince's gaze. It is unclear why the Metropolitan Police protection officers did not advise Harry against taking part in the strip billiards game in Vegas
The group then went back to his huge suite, with a pool table, and they decided to play a strip version of the game which quickly ended in full nudity for Harry and at least one other mystery woman.Harry checked into the suite at the five-star Wynn hotel and casino last week for some ‘full-on partying’, as the prince told one fellow guest.
The room has its own butler, games room including a pool table and private driveway.
The scandal also makes a mockery of his British tax-payer funded, round-the-clock, police protection team.
But the Met told MailOnline they would not comment on the pictures.
Former head of royal protection officer at the Met, Dai Davies, admitted it could be difficult to keep a handle on Harry, who he described as a 'lovely man' but 'a nightmare' to control sometimes.
Crisis: The situation is hugely embarrassing to the Royals, who have been desperately trying to cultivate a more grown-up image for the Prince, who turns 28 next month
One will not be amused: Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on the pictures, so it is unclear what the Queen thinks of her grandson's exploits
'We're paying huge amounts of money for this young man to be followed everywhere he goes by security,' he told the Telegraph.'He's a young man with lots of testosterone but there is a balance and occasionally that balance slips.'
The latest incident to involve the party-loving prince has come as a huge disappointment to palace advisers who had been buoyed by Harry’s growing maturity.
Earlier this year the prince, undertook his first official foreign tour on behalf of the Queen and charmed statesmen and members of the public alike from The Bahamas to Brazil.
The trip was deemed such a success that there was already talk of another trip next year if his military commitments permitted.
As a result the prince was also given several major roles at the London Olympics – including a position as official Team GB Ambassador and standing in for the Queen at the high-profile closing ceremony.
Legitimate gripes: The pictures also raise questions about the whereabouts and behaviour of Harry's taxpayer-funded protection officers assigned to him at all times
Questions to answer: The scandal has made a mockery of his police protection team, but the Met told MailOnline they would not comment on the Vegas pictures
With his grandfather, Prince Philip, recently hospitalised for the third time in just eight months - putting even more pressure on the younger members of the family to take on royal duties - it will be difficult for St James’s Palace to shrug this off as mere high jinks.
It came as several stories about the Prince's trip to Vegas emerged since he arrived last week, including several other images of him partying with his top off.
Harry even challenged swimming ace Ryan Lochte to a race after bumping into him in the VIP section of the Wynn Hotel’s XS nightclub in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Lochte, who was in Las Vegas celebrating his 28th birthday, told the Mail in a statement: ‘It was really fun swimming against Prince Harry. He’s a great guy, and it was a huge honor [sic] to meet him.
Handful: Former head of royal protection officer at the Met, Dai Davies, admitted it could be difficult to keep a handle on Harry, who he described as a 'lovely man' but 'a nightmare' to control sometimes
Thoughtful: With his grandfather, Prince Philip, recently hospitalised for the third time in just eight months, it will be difficult for St James's Palace to shrug this off as mere high jinks
‘He was a great competitor but in the end it was Team USA all the way to the wall!! Next time I’m in the UK it’d be fun to challenge him to something on his own turf.’
Harry even managed to beat Usain Bolt in a 20-yard dash earlier this year – by distracting him at the start.
And earlier that day, Harry had found himself surrounded by a gaggle of ladies who had made a bee-line for Las Vegas’s Encore Beach Club as news spread that the playboy prince was in town.
The prince had been filmed enjoying the poolside entertainment at the MGM Grand hotel and throwing a lingering glance towards one of the stunning bikini-clad women by a camera from television station 'Extra'.
Letting his heir down: Prince Harry relaxes poolside at the MGM Grand's Wet Republic surrounded by bikini-clad girls in Las Vegas
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