Prince Harry loses it all in Vegas

Obviously what happens in Vegas does not stay in Las Vegas anymore It ends up on the social network Prince Harry is in the centre of a storm after pictures of him cavorting stark naked with a mystery girl during a game of strip billiards appeared on the Internetu00a0A string of embarrassing photos have surfaced online of the Princemdash wearing just a watch and a necklace mdash partying in his VIP suite in Las Vegas Embarrassment The pictures of Prince Harry naked will damage the Royal Familyrsquos imageu00a0File PicGetty Images In one graphic shot Harry is seen protecting his own modesty with his hands as a nude girl hides behind him Another shows the third in line to the throne bearhugging an undressed girl with his bum bared to the camera In the blurred background fellow revellers are seen gathered around a pool table Prince Harryrsquos spokesman at Clarence House has confirmed the pictures are genuine but refused to comment Website TMZ published the pictures and said the incident happened last Friday night during a spontaneous party after the prince and his friends made friends with ldquoa bunch of hot chicksrdquou00a0A source close to the prince said ldquoHarry has always been exuberant and itrsquos just the way he lets off steamrdquo What next He could face a meeting with his Army superiors when he returns later Their rules state that lsquosocial misbehaviourrsquo is not acceptable especially if it tarnishes the reputation of Britainrsquos armed forcesu00a0It 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 lsquocontinue the partyrsquo Security concerns The scandal also makes a mockery of his British taxpayer funded roundtheclock police protection team While Scotland Yard officers mdash at least two of which have accompanied Harry on holiday mdash are not there to act as the princersquos moral compass questions are bound to be asked at the highest level as to why they did not prevent the partygoers from at least taking photographs of his antics Dai Davies the former head of royal protection at the Metropolitan Police Service said ldquoWe are paying huge amounts of money for this young man to be followed everywhere he goes by security which costs so muchrdquo said Davies ldquoBritish security costs in excess of pound120 million Rs 1050 crore a year but on the other hand royals have to have a life and they didnrsquot choose to be royals Davies added ldquoI donrsquot envy their security officersrsquo job It must be a nightmare at times trying to ensure that he doesnrsquot get into these kinds of scrapesrdquou00a0 Prince Harry vs Ryan Lochte in Vegas pool The Prince challenged US swimming ace Ryan Lochte to a race after bumping into him in the hotel nightclubrsquos VIP section on Sunday And in a bizarre twist the prince beat the fivetime gold medal winner with the help of two Essex boys who were there on holiday Adam Aley and Tom Sims grabbed hold of the professional swimmerrsquos legs as the royal sped away Controversial life of the party prince 2002 The 17yearold Harry admits to smoking cannabis and underage drinking prompting his father Prince Charles to send him to visit patients at a drug treatment centre 2004 The Prince gets in a drunken scuffle with a photographer as he leaves a London nightclub 2005 Harry was pictured at a fancy dress party smoking and drinking while wearing a Nazi Afrika Korps uniform complete with red swastika armband 2006 Having joined the Army Harry films other cadets and zooms in on the face of an Asian colleague and says lsquoAh our little P friend Ahmedrsquo Later while taking part in night manoeuvres in Cyprus he is heard telling a a comrade lsquoF me you look like a ragheadrsquo 2010 He was accused of animal cruelty after his horse suffered a bloody injury during a polo match He was photographed riding a pony that appeared to have been stabbed in the flank by his spurs