Prince Harry has broken his silence on his naked Las Vegas photo scandal, conceding the incident was a “classic case” of “too much army, not enough prince”.
The 28-year-old royal admitted he let his family down when he allowed himself to be photographed partying naked in Sin City last August, but insisted that what he does in private is his business.
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“At the end of the day I probably let myself down [in Vegas], I let my family down, I let other people down,” Harry said.
“But I was in a private area and there should be a certain amount of privacy that one should expect. Back at home all my close friends rallied around me and were great.
“It was probably a classic case of me being too much army and not enough prince. It’s a simple case of that.”
Harry said his father Prince Charles is continually berating him about his behaviour, but he finds it hard to remember that he’s a royal a lot of the time.
“My father’s always trying to remind me about who I am and stuff like that,” he said. “But it’s very easy to forget about who I am when I am in the Army.
“Everyone’s wearing the same uniform and doing the same kind of thing. I have always said work hard, play hard.”
Harry said the media shouldn’t have published the now-infamous images of Harry cavorting naked with a nude blonde while playing strip billiards in his Las Vegas hotel room.
While many publications — including The Weekly — refused to publish the pictures in question, countless others did, meaning they were quickly seen by millions of people around the world.
Harry said he is constantly dismayed by the media coverage of him, and complained that his right to privacy is repeatedly disregarded.
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“My father always says, ‘Don’t read it, it’s rubbish’ [but] I am surprised how many people in the UK do actually read it,” he said.
“Of course, if something is written about me I want to know what is said. I don’t believe there is such a thing as a private life any more … I am not going to sit here and whinge [but] there’s the internet, there’s Twitter.
“Everyone’s phone has a camera on it now. You can’t move an inch without people judging you, that’s the way life goes.”
