Harry & the slut puppies

The European media have a different code to follow in regards to privacy.   Princess Caroline of Monaco has used legal channels to her own advantage in regards to privacy, although in February of this year, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a German court decision that ruled against the Princess's claim of a violation of privacy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16933815

In Europe, a person, even a celebrity or a member of a royal family, can be
"private" even if they are in a public place where there are other people.

Here in the United States,  laws are less defined.  Private spaces are largely defined as your home, a doctor's office, medical facilities, a department store's dressing room, and, yes, a hotel room.  Privacy does not extend to a hotel lobby or an outdoor cafe.   There is no privacy if you are walking down the street.  This is why celebrities cannot stop the paparazzi from snapping photos.   (There are laws for stalkers, and that is a different situation.)

So what about those grainy nekkid-as-a-jaybird photos of Prince Harry?  He was in a private hotel room.   According to the interpretation of different laws in the United States, Harry was in a hotel room.  He was in a "private" place.  That privacy did not extend to the pool where he and Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte had a swimming race.

His Personal Protection Officers are there to protect him from danger?  Question:  should his PPOs been more aggressive in stopping the photos from being taken.   This is a difficult question to answer because Harry was not outside, he was not carrying out an official duty, he was in his hotel room being private.  It is not up to the PPOs to say, it is time for the party to stop, everyone go home, and throw Harry into the shower to sober him up.

Harry had traveled to Las Vegas with a few close male friends,  after spending time on Richard Branson's private island.  The girls (certainly not ladies) who partied with the prince were total strangers.  Pick ups.  Slut puppies.  I would be surprised if Harry even knew the name of the slut puppy he embraced in one of the photos.  [Memo to Prince Harry:  you need to hang out with chicks who  keep their phones in their handbags.]

The slut puppy who took the photograph needs to be outed and shamed.  Once this information is made public, Prince Harry's lawyers can take legal action against her in an American court for violating his privacy.

Legal action should also be taken against TMZ for violating Prince Harry's privacy.  What goes on in a hotel room is a private matter.  It is not our business.  It would be an entirely different situation if these photos had been taken at the pool.

Yes, Prince Harry used poor judgment.  He does have  an engaging personality, but he has proved over and over again that he also can be a few fries short of a Happy Meal. 

There is no doubt that Harry, now sober, realizes that it was very, very foolish to pick up scantily clad slut puppies from the pool, bring them back to his room and expect everyone else to behave.  Slut puppies have boobs, but no brains.  They don't hang around hotel pools to discuss why the Romney-Ryan ticket is bad for America.  They hang around the pool to be picked by rich guys who will provide the booze ... and perhaps a bit of rustling the sheets, too.    They have no moral compass.  They do not know what "personal responsibily" means.  Their motto is the song "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!"

I won't be surprised if there are more photos.  The slut puppy apparently sold the photos to TMZ for $10,000.  That amount will allow the slut puppy to have more fun in Vegas. 



I have to say it was a dumb idea to put a camera on a phone.  When I travel somewhere, I leave my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone in my handbag, and carry a Sony Digital SLR.