Last night TMZ published nude photos of a very buff Prince Harry. Oh Prince Harry. Unlike your brother William who mostly does the right things, you are the one who constantly needs supervision. At 27, his behavior (especially in Vegas) isn't all that strange or shocking. It's normal. But as a royal, it could be massively humiliating.
The young prince's mother died when he was still a child and there is some desperation and lack of maternal supervision in his wild ways. Even more striking is the fact that Princess Diana was all but killed by the paparazzi during a high speed chase in Paris. Though her driver was also at fault, according to the jury, there is no doubt that the paparazzi hounding that made her miserable in life also contributed to her death.
So the fact that it continues with her babies would undoubtedly break her heart.
It's obvious why people are curious. Prince Harry is a gorgeous, rich, and young royal. He is a wayward youth who does wild things and gets caught doing them. It's an interesting story. I am in the media. I get that.
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But can't a prince get a little privacy? Why do we need to see photos of his naked behind? Is he a little wild? Yes. Is he a little immature? Possibly. Was his brother cavorting in this manner? We don't know. If he was, he didn't get caught.
I imagine, as a mom, Harry's mom might roll her eyes at him and tell him it's a crappy move on his part. But I bet she would be more angry at the creep who leaked the photos. This is someone Harry trusted, I would assume. Because he (or she) wanted to make a quick buck, they sold the photos.
That's the sad part. It's sad that Harry will probably always have to work harder to find people he can trust. It's sad that he doesn't have a mother to help guide his behavior and help him navigate his extra-complicated public life. I am sure his mother would feel sad that just by birth, he was tossed into this life.
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Obviously it comes with many perks -- money, great vacations, titles, attention -- but it also has its major drawbacks. This is one of them.
Hold your head high, Harry! This is embarrassing, but you aren't abnormal. The storm will pass and it's a lot less awful than wearing a Nazi uniform for Halloween. So, there's that.
Do you think he should be embarrassed?
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A) He's adorable
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2) he's 27. Certainly old enough that we can't chalk this up to his being a kid. I did stupid shit well into my 30's and would never blame it on my age.
Bottom line (heh): who cares? He was in Vegas, having fun with willing people. No harm, no foul. The person who took the pics is a total DB. The end.
Many adolescents/young adults go through a wild phase, and while the internet can be a hazard for all of our children in the sense that anything can end up there and be there forever most of our children are not of such interest to the world that there is a market to sell pictures of them. I hope that Diana, like most mothers, would be able to separate her child from his actions as an adolescent/young adult and would guide him lovingly. I feel sorry for Harry, he has to live his life in the same limelight that contributed to his mother's death, I hope he can get through this phase and grow and gain maturity without being unnecessarily harassed by those that would rather sell him out than be his true friend.
I second the "Don't presume to know how his mother would feel about this."
Of course his friends will take pics. I mean, c'mon. He is young, there are tons and tons of young (and old) that do this type of thing in Vegas, and pictures are taken, but we never know about them because these people aren't famous or royalty. At the time, I bet he thought it was funny. I'll even wager that he knew the pictures were taken, and probably knew they were being forwarded to others, maybe not to media, but when you forward them to so many people, eventually it will leak.
Stupid, yes, but nothing will be changed in his life. He will still go home, perhaps get a tounge lashing from the Queen, and go about his life.
His behavior wouldn't break his mother's heart. He didn't do anything that bad. It's the paparazzi that makes celebrities' lives miserable and lead to his mother's death. We can all fight paparazzi: don't buy their crap. When you see it on the newsstand or on tv, yawn and walk on by.
he was in his hotel room for crying out loud. his own sex life should be private. Should we assume no one else has sex with their clothes off? so they played strip billards and someone with a crappy cell phone took pics of a guy who may not even be the prince. they are not even clear pics. give the guy a break, he did nothing wrong