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The Sun publishes photos of naked Prince Harry
THE SUN SAYS
23rd August 2012, 11:00 pm Updated: 6th April 2016, 2:58 am
TODAY The Sun is publishing the naked Prince Harry party pictures our readers
have been prevented from seeing in print.
We are doing so despite warnings from the Royal Family’s lawyers — and we’ll
explain why.
Before we do, let’s be clear on one thing.
The Sun is NOT making any moral judgement about Harry’s nude frolics
with girls in a Las Vegas hotel. Far from it. He often sails close to the
wind for a Royal — but he’s 27, single and a soldier. We like him.
We are publishing the photos because we think Sun readers have a right to see
them.
The reasons for that go beyond this one story.
The images were first published on the web three days ago. But the Palace’s
lawyers, via the Press Complaints Commission, warned the UK’s newspapers
against printing them, claiming they would breach Harry’s privacy and the
PCC Code.
Since then the entire UK media — print, online and TV — has reported on them
and told readers and viewers how to find them on TMZ.com, the website that
first published them, and on countless other sites that followed suit.
That coverage put those pictures a mouse-click away from anyone in the 77 per
cent of British households with internet access.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/861237/the-sun-publishes-photos-of-naked-prince-harry/
Dunno. But I remember thinking, back in 2012, wow. Someone is really trying to apply pressure to the royals. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Unless you would make a good pawn in a game of global strategy that is. I beieve this is somehow related to keeping the British Monarchy in line concerning the Global War on Terrorism. Perhaps to prevent any pushback concerning justification of the invasion of Iraq. Don't get me wrong though. We are there now and POTUS can only play the cards he was dealt. I support 45 and am all in. Won't back out. Ever.
He was fresh off deployment in Afghanistan as I recall. I think he wanted to blow off steam. Got a little more than he bargained for. Of course that was 7 years ago. I'm not speaking to his mindset today. Only back then.
I guess it's possible. But what I really see as most likely is pressure being applied to the UK government for some reason at the time. Gotta remember the time frame here. This is about the time that noise about no weapons of mass destruction being found was reaching a crescendo.
And by ever. I mean EVER. Like Cortez, I have burned my ships.
Right. And the lack of unnerves them.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
FFS! They were caught doing the same sort of shit a few years back. I thought that crap was supposed to stop?
Arkansided all the way over there. Godfather III.