St. James’s Palace has asked Britain’s Press Complaints Commission (PCC) to ban the publication of Prince Harry’s nude pictures on the grounds of a breach of privacy. Evidently, St. James’s Palace has still not caught up with a little invention called the internet.
I think the palace took the famous catchphrase “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’ too seriously while approving Harry’s trip to the city which is basically one long strip tease, as in a strip along which a lot of teasing happens.
If the palace was so concerned about the prince’s privacy, it should not have let the 27-year-old choose Vegas where people go so that their privacy and privates can be invaded. As I see it, it would have been a scandal had a 27-year-old anything, the least of all a prince, was not caught doing what he was caught doing.
Harry and his friends were supposed to be playing what is known as “strip billiards.” I do not quite know how that works but I suppose it involves sticks and balls.
The palace should know that privacy is history in a world with close to six billion mobile phones. There are so many mobile phones now that some of them start taking pictures and videos on their own out of sheer boredom.
One is unaware of the royal protocol in the event of what the palace considers flagrant indiscretion by one of its members. It is possible that Harry will hear from both papa dear, Prince Charles, as well as grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. May be there is an elaborate royal reprimand ritual where the members would turn out in their full battle regalia and subject the young prince to a punishment such as a severely silent treatment.
The queen might tell him, “You do know that there is a whole range of clothing between a Nazi outfit and no outfit at all, right?” (I am sure the queen does not talk like that but this is just an approximation.)
Prince Charles might tell him, “Strip billiards, really? Why not cricket? At least the bat is wider than the cue stick.”(I am sure Charles does not talk like that but this is just an approximation.)
Brother William might tell him, “Did you at least get lucky? (I am sure William does not talk like that but this is just an approximation.)
And finally, Kate Middleton or Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, his sister-in-law, “Wow! I did not know that.” (I am sure Kate does not talk like that but this is just an approximation.)